Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age

In 1925, a Negro doctor, Ossian Sweet, was accosted at his Detroit home by a mob of angry white citizens.

Shots rang out and a man fell dead: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed a member of the group threatening his life and home.

Legendary attorney Clarence Darrow was brought into the fray, transforming Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality.

Boyle weaves the investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s.