Ossian Sweet
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Ossian Haven Sweet was an African-American physician in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for being acquitted of murder in 1925 after he and his friends used armed self-defense against a hostile white mo
Sweet's house at 2905 Garland Street is now a museum
Wilberforce University
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Wilberforce University is a private university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is one of three historically black universities established before the American Civil War. Founded in 1856 by the
Ossian Sweet
…armed self-defense against a hostile white mob protesting after Sweet moved into their neighborhood. Born in Florida to a farming family, Sweet went to Wilberforce University for preparatory work and his undergraduate degree. He earned his medical degree from Howard University, also a historically black university. After…
Seal of Wilberforce University
Daniel Alexander Payne in the early 1890s