Person: Henry Louis Gates

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Ben Affleck ‘embarrassed’ by slave past

Ben Affleck has expressed regret for asking the makers of a discover-your-past television show to exclude the fact that he had a slave-owning ancestor.

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Ben Affleck asked show to keep slave-owning ancestor hidden

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Obama beer break a question of black and white

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Powell: Black scholar may have gone too far

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Let's have a beer, Obama tells race-case pair

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Obama’s ‘stupid’ remark annoys police sergeant

Race row as black scholar arrested at own home

A distinguished Harvard scholar is at the centre of a race row after he was arrested by police responding to a call about “two black males” breaking into his own home near the university.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2009

Person: Henry Louis Gates

Ben Affleck ‘embarrassed’ by slave past

Ben Affleck asked show to keep slave-owning ancestor hidden

Obama beer break a question of black and white

Powell: Black scholar may have gone too far

Let's have a beer, Obama tells race-case pair

Obama’s ‘stupid’ remark annoys police sergeant

Race row as black scholar arrested at own home

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Person: Henry Louis Gates

Ben Affleck ‘embarrassed’ by slave past

Ben Affleck asked show to keep slave-owning ancestor hidden

Obama beer break a question of black and white

Powell: Black scholar may have gone too far

Let's have a beer, Obama tells race-case pair

Obama’s ‘stupid’ remark annoys police sergeant

Race row as black scholar arrested at own home

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Mick Clifford

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