My personal copy of this important new book by Charles Ogletree.

Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School has written the much anticipated and definitive book on the high-profile case involving the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge on July 16, 2009. The incident is of special interest to me: I’m privileged to have worked with my longtime friend and mentor as well as with Professor Gates during my appointment as a Harvard Administrative Fellow.  

THE PRESUMPTION OF GUILT
The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America
By Charles Ogletree

Praise for Charles Ogletree:
“Charles Ogletree…has seized on the very public arrest of Professor Henry Louis ‘Skip’ Gates to teach Americans important lessons about the Constitution, the continuing relevance of race in America, and the ease with which an incident can escalate into a major event. Ogletree was there, knows all the participants, and has written a brilliant book from which all Americans can learn.”
—Alan Dershowitz, author of The Trials of Zion

Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 16, 2009, renowned professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested by Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley on the front porch of his own home. The incident ignited a media firestorm and heated debate about race in America, as images of the MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor in handcuffs splashed the front pages of newspapers around the country. In THE PRESUMPTION OF GUILT: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America (Palgrave Macmillan; Publication Date: June 22, 2010; ISBN: 978-0-230-10326-9), renowned Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree uses the incident as a lens through which to examine the complicated history of race, class, and crime in America. Continue reading THE PRESUMPTION OF GUILT: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America