John Boyle's Arc Of Justice

In Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age, Boyle highlights illustriously the unfortunate consequences faced by the colored race due to the Jim Crow system. He simultaneously places much emphasis on the reaction that stirred as a result of this system. The response that is later known as the equal-rights movement which emerges through apparently minor acts of rebellion such as the one described in the novel.
A sad tale about the struggle faced by an African American family that refused to remain in the status quo black family portrait, Arc of justice, serves to challenge readers and acknowledge other key figures in the equal-rights movements, figures that unknowingly helped with the dismantling of the tragic

This symbol is one that perpetuates and resonate throughout the black rights movement in America’s post slavery environment. The unfortunate tragedy of Dr. Sweet is a bitter thought, knowing that he is forced to become this heroic victim and essentially an indirect martyr for a cause he never genuinely found of great interest. Debatably we can say that it was love that leads to his demise, it could also be attributed to his ambition, his determination, however what can be concluded is that his fight was an unnecessary one, and one that originated from positive intentions. Boyle’s historical prelude, aids the reader in identifying one of his main arguments, that it was through cases such as Sweet’s that blacks recognized the importance of consolidated power. It was because of the concerted efforts of the NAACP and these groups that the system was dismantled. Thus the importance of charcters such as Sweet mustn’t go unacknowledged because they gave the movement momentum. They aided in creating a reason for being, in the event you would want to shrug your shoulders and

Sweet is eventually devoured is a rather disappointing concept. However, his persistence is admirable and we can all draw from his strength and understand the true value of the society we now live in. Dr. Ossian Sweet 's struggle encompasses and resolute the tales of many other blacks during this horrific time period of racial tension and prejudice. The value of Dr. Sweet’s tale can never be estimated as there is no dollar figure that could be tied to the peace and serenity that was sacrificed for the greater cause which in hindsight is still priceless. Boyle’s saga forces readers to recognize the depth of the discrimination that black people had to contend with, the level of injustice that they were legally forced to tolerate. We can conclude that Sweet’s loss was our gain, and use Boyle’s written work as a sign of progress and a mark that though we are not where we would want to be, we are at a far greater place than we once