The Front Porch Arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr

African-American academics, including figures of great distinction, are not immune from standard racial profiling inflicting the indignities of race. In an incident that has become a national obsession, in July 2009, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Fletcher University Professor at Harvard, one of the nation&...

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Published in:	The Journal of blacks in higher education 2009-07 (64), p.8-9
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Academic education African American literature African American studies African Americans American literature Arrests Automobiles Barrett, Justin Black Studies Campus police Clinton, Bill Colleges & universities Criminal arrests Crowley, James Cultural Criticism Drug trafficking Education Franklin, John Hope Gates, Henry Louis Higher Education Law Law enforcement Luxury automobiles Males Motor Vehicles Physicians Police Race Racial profiling Robbery School campuses Security personnel Sociology and Anthropology University professors West, Cornel Whites
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Summary:	African-American academics, including figures of great distinction, are not immune from standard racial profiling inflicting the indignities of race. In an incident that has become a national obsession, in July 2009, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Fletcher University Professor at Harvard, one of the nation's most celebrated academic scholars, was arrested at his home after a neighbor had placed a call to police believing a break-in was occurring at the house. This article lists several notable black scholars and their various run-ins with the law.
ISSN:	1077-3711 2326-6023