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Gates jokes about his arrest at Massachusetts book festival

Aug. 3, 2009
In his first public appearance since the White House meeting, the Harvard professor also describes how the incident and the subsequent national debate affected him. Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer; he also described receiving...
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa