The Chronicle News Blog: Charges Against Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Be Dropped
Authorities in Cambridge, Mass., announced today that prosecutors there would not pursue disorderly-conduct charges brought against the prominent black-studies scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. last week after he exchanged words with police officers investigating a falsely reported burglary at his home.
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Boston Globe: Racial talk swirls with Gates arrest
Harvard scholar taken from home
His front door refused to budge, which is why Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., just home from a trip to China filming a PBS documentary, set his luggage down and beckoned his driver for help.
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Boston Globe: Harvard professor Gates arrested at Cambridge home
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation’s pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in. The incident raised concerns among some Harvard faculty that Gates was a victim of racial profiling.
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