Harvard’s Gates in Handcuffs Sounds Familiar Note to Black Men

Harvard’s Gates in Handcuffs Sounds Familiar Note to Black Men

The arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University’s top expert on African-American history and culture, sounded a familiar note to professors and social scientists, who said black men at all levels of U.S. society are vulnerable to similar treatment.
The Cambridge Police Department in Massachusetts dropped a disorderly conduct charge against Gates, calling his arrest [...]