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"The Sweet Taste of Justice" Barbara A. Wilson

During the 1920's Dr. Ossian Sweet, an African American doctor purchased a home for his family in an all white neighborhood. The neighborhood he chose was in located in Detroit Michigan, on the corner of Charlevoix and Garland Avenues. Dr. Sweet's decision to move into an all white neighborhood was based on necessity and I presume false hope in the freedom to do so.
Due to an influx of African Americans from the South, and other economic factors, Detroit experienced a significant housing shortage. The most common dwelling areas for African Americans, Paradise Valley and Black Bottom, suffered the weight of the housing scarcity.
It was with much trepidation that Dr. Sweet moved his family in on September 8, 1925. On the move in day he was accompanied by friends and family which brought the total of adults in the house to eleven. His trepidation stemmed from previous......

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