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Gates’ colleagues at Harvard sharply chided the actions of Crowley, citing racial profiling in Gates’ arrest. Evelyn B. Higginbotham, chair of the Department of African and African American Studies, wrote in an open letter that “to be black in America brings painful situations such as what you are now experiencing.” Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 called the arrest “troubling...
...July 21, charges were dropped against Gates, but a day later, the incident reached its pinnacle of media attention when President Barack Obama said the Cambridge Police Department “acted stupidly,” adding that racial profiling remained a fact of life for minorities in America. He later distanced himself from his comments, saying that he blundered in his “choice of words,” and invited Crowley and Gates to the White House for conversation and beer...
Nelson's scholarly journey has taken him deep into the academic thickets of the history of political thought in early-modern Europe and America, his primary area of study. He is schooled in Thomas Hobbes' philosophy and edited Hobbes' translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey...
...time Academic All-America selection and a three-season first team All-Ivy selection last year, Richardson dominated the distance events this season, starting in the fall with cross country, and continuing through winter and spring track...
Zeghal is expert on the postcolonial period of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as on Muslim Diasporas in North America and Western Europe...