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"Take the Hatred Away and You Have Nothing Left."
Tells the Sweet family story and summarizes subsequent history of Sweet family.
The First Battle of Detroit
Praise for Darrow's defense of Sweet defendants; attacks Detroit white churches for denouncing Darrow.
Brown Guinea Pigs, Handful of Brave Pioneers Risk Life, Limb and Livelihood in Fight for Democracy.
Pictures and/or text narrate stories of Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, Dr. Ossian Sweet and family, Orsel McGhee.
The Judge in the Sweet Trial.
Reminisces on life of Judge Murphy, emphasizing the Sweet trial.
A Man Called White
Autobiography of late NAACP Executive Secretary refers to Sweet Case, Ford and GM strikes, 1943 Riot and Detroit Branch NAACP.
Clarence Darrow for the Defense, a Biography.
p. 470-486 [The Sweet Case]
Negro Housing; Report of the Committee on Negro Housing
Quotes from Negro in Detroit; summarizes and comments on Sweet case.
Along This Way, the Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson
Gives personal reactions to Tolan's victories; describes Sweet case from NAACP headquarters viewpoint.
The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930.
p. 127-143. Detroit: the Write-in Challenge. Describes Klan influx and influence in Detroit after World War I; summarizes Sweet Case, and preceding attempted move-ins by Dr. Alex Turner and James Fletcher.