Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Black scholar says he's able to joke about arrest

AP News 111 days ago

Black scholar says he's able to joke about arrest by white officer that sparked race debate 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 ...

Gates racial drama ensnares minor characters, too

AP News 111 days ago

By fate or by own hand, peripheral characters caught up in Gates racially tinged drama They weren't invited to the Rose Garden to hoist beers with President Barack Obama, yet their lives have been turned upside-down by the encounter between a black ...

Analysis: Obama must regain momentum after Gates

AP News 112 days ago

Analysis: Success of Obama agenda may depend on how quickly he recoups white support The success of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda — from health care and climate change to education — could depend on how quickly he recovers from the sharp ...

Analysis: Recovery for Obama after Gates' arrest?

AP Features 112 days ago

The success of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda — from health care and climate change to education — could depend on how quickly he recovers from the sharp drop in support among white voters after criticizing a white policeman's arrest of a ...

Analysis: Obama's rare race foray a positive step

AP News 113 days ago

Analysis: Obama's rare foray into racial matters shows what can happen if he enters the fray Perhaps the biggest "teachable moment" from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. saga was for President Barack Obama: If you want to improve race relations, you have ...

Harvard prof, arresting policeman to talk again

AP News 113 days ago

Black Harvard professor, white policeman to talk again after Obama's 'beer summit' on race The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an ...

Beer flows as Obama tries to cool down a hot furor

AFP American Edition 113 days ago

US President Barack Obama sat down for beers with an eminent black scholar and a white police officer Thursday, in a White House happy hour designed to quell a countrywide furor over race. Obama welcomed Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates and ...

Obama more bartender than mediator at beer summit

Reuters Life! Online Report 113 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama played bartender-in-chief on Thursday at a "beer summit" of the main players in a racially charged case that he hoped would be a "positive lesson" in a national dialogue on race. Obama, the first black U.S. ...

Beer flows as Obama tries to cool race furor

AFP Global Edition 113 days ago

US President Barack Obama sat down for beers with an eminent black scholar and a white police officer, in a White House happy hour designed to quell a countrywide furor over race. Obama welcomed Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates and police ...

Beer flows as Obama tries to cool down race furor

AFP Global Edition 114 days ago

President Barack Obama sat down for beers and snacks with a white police officer and an eminent black scholar at the White House in a bid to quell a national furor over racial profiling. Obama welcomed Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates ...

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