Gates Arrest Resonates Through Black America
Charges against Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, have been dropped, and the city of Cambridge, Mass., has apologized for the "regrettable and unfortunate" arrest. But the fact remains that Gates, a prominent black scholar, being arrested in his own home is a chilling moment in the American experience. Full Story »
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