Henry Louis Gates News
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. donates handcuffs to Smithsonian
6:31 PM on 02/14/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Gates' arrest last July by police investigating a report of a possible break-in at his home near Harvard University sparked a national debate over racial profiling...
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Republicans' fear of a black president reaches new heights
9:03 AM on 02/03/2010
OPINION - The deceitful lies and illogical rants that drive the GOP right now are simply mind-boggling...
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TheGrio talks to Chris Matthews about Obama's America
8:17 AM on 01/18/2010
VIDEO - Chris Matthews of 'Hardball' sits down with theGrio's David Wilson and shares his take on President Obama's first year in office...
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It's official: America is 'post-racial' in the age of Obama
10:20 AM on 01/14/2010
OPINION - President Obama's first year has shown us again and again that race does not matter in America the way it used to...
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The most racially charged stories of 2009
10:02 AM on 12/30/2009
OPINION - As we bring in the New Year and look forward to a new decade, I thought it might be fun to review the most racially-charged incidents of 2009.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. Crowley spotted together
4:50 PM on 10/29/2009
Boston TV station WBZ is reporting on its website that Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sergeant James Crowley were seen together at a bar in Cambridge, MA...
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Sgt. Crowley speaks before police convention
2:34 PM on 08/17/2009
VIDEO -- More than 3,000 police officers gave Crowley a standing ovation Monday when he opened the group's five-day convention in Long Beach, Calif., with brief remarks...
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Teaching kids about race after a "teachable moment"
9:12 AM on 08/05/2009
Sgt. James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. agreed to disagree Thursday night when they met for a beer with President Obama at the White House. But the cold draft that the men shared did not quite quench the hot controversy over race relations that has swept the nation.
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Gates jokes about arrest (video)
8:53 AM on 08/03/2009
VIDEO - Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer, but also described receiving death threats and dreaming about being arrested at the White House. In his first public appearance since having a beer...
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Boston cop says he's "not a racist" for Gates slur
12:47 PM on 07/31/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A Boston police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. apologized for his comments and declared he is not a racist.
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Drunk on beer summit, Urban League forgets real problems
11:19 AM on 07/31/2009
If you want to know the condition of African Americans these days, get in a tangle with a police officer. That was the prevailing point of discussion yesterday, at the National Urban League's "State of Black America" forum in Chicago...
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Black cop at Gates arrest: I'm not an Uncle Tom
10:30 AM on 07/31/2009
A black sergeant who was at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he was arrested says he's been maligned as an "Uncle Tom" for supporting the actions of the white arresting officer.
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Police and press fell short in Gates' arrest
2:00 AM on 07/31/2009
It is difficult to wrap ourselves around Gates' arrest because there is nil to no consensus about the facts. The two weeks since the arrest leave me with many questions. Questions if raised and investigated - let alone answered - would give this story a different ending. Was the press...
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Crowley: The conversation will continue
7:25 PM on 07/30/2009
The police officer at the center of a national dispute over race and law enforcement says a much-anticipated meeting at the White House was productive and all parties are looking forward. Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley...
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Beer summit looks great, needs more filling
7:18 PM on 07/30/2009
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 30, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Today, the president and vice president sat...
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Obama, Gates, Crowley, and Biden share brew and laughter
6:31 PM on 07/30/2009
VIDEO - President Barack Obama has begun his White House chat with two men he joined last week at the center of an uproar over race in America: Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr...
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Obama mishandled Gates arrest, most Americans say
5:08 PM on 07/30/2009
Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Barack Obama has dealt with the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar -- with white voters especially likely to take a negative view, according to a poll released Thursday...
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One 'dialogue' in a long conversation about race
4:11 PM on 07/30/2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -The most intriguing moment in the confrontation between Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley was when Crowley came to understand that the man in the house was in fact who he said he was, that he was in his own home and that there had...
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When it comes to race, we could all use a drink
8:54 AM on 07/30/2009
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., drinks beer at Raleigh Times bar in Raleigh, N.C.,Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) You can make fun of me for being a goody two shoes, but I've never finished a beer in my entire life. I am, however, willing to...
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America prepares for Obama's beer summit
8:41 AM on 07/30/2009
VIDEO - Before and after Harvard Professor Skip Gates was handcuffed at his own home, many saw one questionable call after another."The Cambridge police acted stupidly," said President Barack Obama. President Obama said later he didn't quite mean that. "I could have calibrated those words differently...
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