Describe symbolism in Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

Ossian, through no actions of his own, becomes a symbol of New Negro militancy.

"When the story finally broke, Ossian - the cowering boy in the bulrushes, the medical student hiding in his rooms as gunfire filled the streets of the capital, the ambitious doctor determined to secure his place among the Talented Tenth - suddenly found himself not simply one of eleven defendants but a national symbol of New Negro militancy, while his charming young wife was swept into the marvels of celebrity."