Chapter 4
Which of the three automotive companies referenced at the start of the chapter was the largest?
The Ford company.
What did the signs posted by Waterworks Park Improvement Association cause the white people in the neighborhoods to feel?
The signs caused fear among the white people because it threatened the value of their property, which in turn threatened their futures.
Who was the assistant prosecuting attorney assigned to the Sweet case?
Tom Kennedy.
Who was James Weldon Johnson?
Jame Weldon Johnson was the first lawyer of color admitted to the Florida bar, established the first black daily newspaper in the United States, and established the first black public high school in Florida state, where he served as principal.
How did automakers break the power of the ethnic political bosses?
They and their allies remade the city government and put power in the hands of the Anglo-Saxon businessmen.
What violence did Tireman Avenue Improvement Association cause?
At least 3 times in one month, black people tried to move into a neighborhood, and each time, Tireman caused the whites to drive them out of the neighborhood. The mayor eventually had to get involved.
Which lawyers did Ossian and his friends call?
Julian Perry and Charles Mahoney.
Which president hired James Weldon Johnson as a diplomat and where did Johnson work as a diplomat?
Theodore Roosevelt, Johnson worked as a diplomat in Venezuela, then in Nicaragua.
Between 1910 and 1920, by what percentage did Detroit's population of black people increase?
600%
What were the names of the spokesmen for the progressive movement to help the people of color in Detroit?
Frank Murphy and John Smith.
Who cracked under the pressure of the interrogations of Kennedy?
William Davis
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Why did the hospital in Paris deny the Sweets care even though Paris had less racial discrimination?
Because the American whites didn't want to share a ward with a woman of color.
What was the main cause of panic because of black people moving into Garland Avenue?
The main cause of panic was the marketplace, as black people moving in, at the time, meant that the home values would decrease, causing a nosedive into financial ruin for the whites in the neighborhood.
What tactics did Kennedy use to fake facts?
He made sure the witnesses knew to paint the Sweets as the problems and also made sure to get witnesses that would help him.
How did Johnson get black people into donating to the Legal Defense Fund?
By embarrassing them by asking if they wanted to be segregated.