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by Charles J. Ogletree Jr. onOctober 7, 2011
The famed law professor was a great teacher, mentor and friend, says a former Harvard Law colleague.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onAugust 22, 2010
The Obamas vacationed at one end of Martha's Vineyard. Black intellectuals and academics gathered at the opposite end to talk about religion, crime and justice. Two interlocking worlds kept apart by the issue of race.
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by Charles J. Ogletree Jr. onJune 17, 2010
In an excerpt from his new book, The Presumption of Guilt, the Harvard Law School professor argues that the president is constrained by deeply embedded attitudes on race.
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by Charles J. Ogletree Jr. onJune 24, 2009
This week’s win for minority voting rights in the Supreme Court is cause for celebration, but also a reminder that protecting voting rights is still a full-time job.
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May 27, 2009
President Obama has chosen Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his first nominee to the Supreme Court. Democrats are defending her, and the GOP is up in arms. But what does the black intelligentsia have to say about this controversial and experienced legal mind and her potential impact on The Court?
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