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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.
A Man Called White
Autobiography of late NAACP Executive Secretary refers to Sweet Case, Ford and GM strikes, 1943 Riot and Detroit Branch NAACP.
Along This Way, the Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson
Gives personal reactions to Tolan's victories; describes Sweet case from NAACP headquarters viewpoint.
Attorney for the Damned
pg. 229-263. You Can't Live There! The Sweet Case, Detroit, 1926.
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.
Clarence Darrow for the Defense, a Biography.
p. 470-486 [The Sweet Case]
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."
Let Freedom Ring
p. 195-233. Freedom of Residence: the People vs. Ossian H. Sweet et. al. in the Recorder's Court of Detroit--the Negro Segregation Problem. A defense attorney in the Sweet case describes it in great detail.
Mr. Justice Murphy, a Political Biography
p. 26-28 [The Sweet Case]
Negro Housing; Report of the Committee on Negro Housing
Quotes from Negro in Detroit; summarizes and comments on Sweet case.