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One Year Ago Today: The Beer Summit Anniversary

Doug Mataconis · Friday, July 30, 2010 · No comments

CNN notes that it was one year ago today that President Obama, Vice-President Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, and Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Office James Crowley met over beer (Biden’s was apparently non-alcoholic) in the White House Rose Garden.

It was a great event that helped ease racial tension nationwide.

Oh, wait a minute………………

FILED UNDER: Race and Politics, US Politics, Barack Obama, beer, CNN, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, James Crowley, Massachusetts

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.