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On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home by local police officer Sgt. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the international ...
Gates was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia, [2] to Pauline Augusta (Coleman) Gates (1916–1987) and Henry Louis Gates Sr. (c. 1913 –2010). He grew up in neighboring Piedmont. His father worked in a paper mill and moonlighted as a janitor, while his mother cleaned houses. [3]
Simmons was mayor during the summer of 2009, during which time Cambridge was thrust into the international spotlight due to the arrest of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. As a result of the attention this incident generated, Simmons was sought after as a spokesperson for the city, and she was careful to avoid inflaming an ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets. Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities ...
The post Henry Louis Gates Jr.: The Lasting Impact of Alex Haley’s “Roots” appeared first on Reader's Digest. Alex Haley’s landmark book began in Reader’s Digest, where he worked as a ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has a running list of dream guests for the show "Finding Your Roots," and TODAY's own Al Roker tops the list. The host of the PBS series stopped by the 3rd Hour of TODAY on ...
The main article should probably be Henry Louis Gates. Per WP:NC, Jr.'s and Sr.'s should not be part of the article name and "Henry Louis Gates" gets the most ghits. Ideally, the names of the two articles should be Henry Louis Gates and Arrest of Henry Louis Gates.--brew crewer 02:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Gates said, "Charlemagne," shocking Stone, who sat with her mouth wide open in surprise as the host added, "Charlemagne is your 38th great-grandfather." "He's one of the most important people in ...