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Ossian Sweet Acquittal
Racism held a strong presence and very little progress of racial equality was gained after Ossian Sweet acquittal. As modern America becomes modernized, “the real villains” are “the average people,” (319) As individuals we play a part in the reaction of others and by our acts of desperation to been seen as equal lead to deaths of both blacks and whites. Negros advance through the years and the momentum of civil rights moreover are recognized and somewhat adhered to. There was still much work to be done in the fight against racial tolerance. Ossian and his wife were not allowed to enter the front gates of the cemetery where his child was buried. Sweet won his case, but The NAACP later lost their battle in Supreme Court regarding residential
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