DETROIT (WXYZ) — Today, the city of Detroit cut the ribbon on a new educational park on the east side. It sits next to the historic home of the late Dr. Ossian Sweet at the corner of Garland and Charlevoix.

Watch Darren Cunningham's video report: Dr. Ossian Sweet Memorial Park opens on Detroit's east side

The home played a significant role in America's fight for racial justice.

Dr. Sweet and his wife, Gladys, bought their home 100 years ago in what was then an all-white neighborhood. In September 1925, an angry mob gathered outside their home.

Sweet, his family and friends, defended themselves from a room upstairs. They shot and killed a man in the angry crowd.

An all-white jury found Sweet not guilty. Charges against the other ten defendants were dropped.

Watch Carolyn Clifford's

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