Filed by KOSU News in Education.
August 9, 2009

A distinguished professor at Harvard University was arrested after police investigated claims that he was trying to break into a house. The professor is Henry Louis Gates Jr., and the house was his own. Gates, who is African-American, has written many books on race relations, hosted a public TV series and more. His race factors into the incident because of how it started — with a call to police about what “two black males” were doing.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Tracy Jan, higher education reporter for The Boston Globe, for the latest details on the case. Copyright 2009 National Public Radio