Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Detroit there opened the trial of eleven accused Negroes and at the table reserved for defense counsel appeared that baggy figure in grey, with his hands in his pockets, that has become such a landmark in the public eye. Clarence Darrow, in his eternal grey suit, with his hands thrust in his pockets, was sporting a bright blue shirt, white collar, black...
...began the trial of Dr. Ossian H. Sweet, his wife and friends. Dr. Sweet had bought a house in a white section of Detroit. A white man was found dead nearby, presumably by a bullet fired by Negroes in Dr. Sweet's house. The question for the jury to decide is whether the Negroes had defended themselves from the attack of a white mob or had fired wantonly...
...join it, the Ku Klux Klan has just received a severe setback in two major attempts to gain political control of great population centers outside its main field of influence in the middle west and south. A week ago, Klan leaders, in their pre-election prophecies, were exultantly claiming Detroit and Buffalo as their own. Now press dispatches indicate that the anti-Klan candidates have been elected in both cities, although in each case the margin of victory was slim enough to show that the Klan's power over the more hysterical voters is still to be reckoned with very...
...three others: Notre Dame (Ind.) 0, Army 27. Knox (Ill.) 7, Army 26. Detroit (Mich.) 6, Army...
...Sept. 28, 40 other national banks had deposits of over 50 millions each. Of these, twelve were situated in New York, five in Philadelphia, four in Chicago, four in Boston, two in Pittsburgh, two in St. Louis, two in Detroit, two in San Francisco, two in Minneapolis, one each in Milwaukee, Los Angeles, St. Paul, Atlanta, Buffalo...