Arc of Justice Analysis

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help Ossian further his medical training, they decided that they wanted to own a home in a nicer neighborhood than the one in Black Bottom. And so Ossian saved up nearly $3,500 to use as a down payment on their new home. Along with his desire to simply provide better living accommodations for himself and his family, Ossian also desperately wanted to be considered one of the members of the Talented Tenth, which was a term used to describe the top working class of African Americans. Ossian seemed to believe if he lived and practiced in a nicer neighborhood that he would be accepted among those in the Talented Tenth.
Word spread quickly throughout the neighborhood that a colored family had bought the house down the street. According to Boyle, Garland Avenue wasn’t considered a “friendly street”. The majority of the neighbors kept to themselves and didn’t socialize outside of their household. But after the rumors began to spread, the people in the neighborhood just couldn’t ...

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