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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | eng |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1077-3711 2326-6023 |