Yale University granted honorary degrees to “individuals whose achievements in their field have benefited the common good.” The legendary dancer and performer Debbie Allen, the host of “Finding Your ...

The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., at a minimum, quashes any talk of a post-racial America. It may not be the best example of racial injustice I’ve ever seen, but it’s a ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: I’m outraged. I can’t believe that an individual policeman on the Cambridge police force would treat any African-American male this way, and I am astonished that this happened ...

The legendary dancer and performer Debbie Allen, the host of “Finding Your Roots,” Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., and the iconic jazz musician and composer Ronald Carter are among the latest to become ...