The presumption of guilt: the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and race, class and crime in America
Ogletree, Charles
The Crowley-Gates incident was a clash of absolutes, underscoring the tensionbetween black and white, police and civilians, and the privileged and less privileged in modern America. Charles Ogletree uses this incident as a lens through which to explore issues of race, class, and crime, with the goal of creating a more just legal system for all. Charles Ogletree is the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the founding and executive director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at the law school. He is the author of four bookson race and the law, including the critically acclaimed All Deliberate Speed,and has received numerous awards and honors, including being named one of the100+ most influential black Americans by Ebony. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. INDICE: %%
- ISBN: 978-0-230-12065-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 27/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés