Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., historian and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, has accused the Cambridge police of racism after being arrested, trying to get into his own locked home on July 16, 2009. The arrest and his accusation have since made national news, eliciting comments from everyone from the arresting officer to the president.
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When It's Not So Black And White
