Sweet, Otis O.
- Identifier
- DBB-PER-00743
- Given Name
- Otis O.
- Family Name
- Sweet
- Gender
- Male
- Description
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Otis O. Sweet was a dentist in business for himself. His family came to Detroit from Bartow, Florida. He was the brother of physician Ossian Sweet and attorney Henry Sweet.
Otis was involved in defending his brother Ossian Sweet's home from an attack by a white mob in 1925, and Otis was one of the people arrested in the wake of this violent incident. For more information about the attack and subsequent arrests and trials, see Ossian Sweet's profile. - Migration Origin
- Bartow, Florida
- Activity
- dentist
- Affiliation
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This person was an entrepreneur who operated a business and advertised services under their personal name.
- Book Pages
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This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): 41.
- Documentation
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 37, 55, 65 (Sweet, O. O.)
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1924 Colored Detroit, 74 (Sweet, O. O.)
- 1935 BTWTA Directory, 13 (Sweet, O. O.)
- Title
- Sweet, Otis O.
