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Gates, arrested on the porch of his Cambridge home, [8] with Sgt. Crowley (right) and Sgt. Lashley (foreground). Gates's booking photo taken the day of the arrest. According to the police report, Sergeant Crowley arrived at the scene, went up to the front door, and asked Gates to step outside.
But the day he delivered that convention speech, Harvard professor and noted African American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Mass., spawning an...
Jul 26, 2010 · The largest single event explicitly tied to race in the way it was covered during the year was the arrest on July 16, 2009 of Gates, who was mistakenly suspected of trying to break in to his own home. Gates accused the arresting officer, who is white, of racism – and this sparked a sometimes heated national conversation about race.
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Jul 24, 2009 · A photo taken by a neighbor of the arrest last week of Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Cambridge, Mass. B. Carter/Demotix Images, via Associated Press
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Jul 21, 2009 · (CBS) This booking photo shows Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Thursday, July 16, 2009. BOSTON (AP) Supporters of a prominent Harvard University black scholar who was arrested...
- CBS News
Jul 21, 2009 · By Abby Goodnough. July 20, 2009. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Colleagues of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard’s most prominent scholar of African-American history, are accusing the police here of racism...
Jul 24, 2009 · This photo shows Henry Louis Gates Jr., center, as he is arrested on July 16 at his home in Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge police officers attending are, Sgt. James Crowley, right, and Sgt....
