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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.
Negro Housing; Report of the Committee on Negro Housing
Quotes from Negro in Detroit; summarizes and comments on Sweet case.
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]
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.
Fight for Freedom: the Story of the NAACP.
Tells of Sweet case and the 1943 Riots; refers to Detroit as "the top fund raising branch of the NAACP."
Mr. Justice Murphy, a Political Biography
p. 26-28 [The Sweet Case]