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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents 'Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow'

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EVENT WEBSITE Harvard Book Store and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University welcome preeminent scholar, literary critic, and filmmaker HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.—founding Director of the Hutchins Center—for a...

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: A Panel Discussion featuring Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Join us for a panel discussion of Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History, a four-part PBS series written and narrated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., tracing the rich, complex relationship between Black and Jewish Americans—defined by solidarity and...

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Leaving Cleaver: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Remembers Eldridge Cleaver

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In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as a civil rights activist. It would be the last major interview Cleaver gave before his death in May 1998...

Emmy Magazine, 'Gospel Host on Why the 'Song Is the Sermon' in New PBS Documentary'

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Emmy nominee Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the historic origins of gospel music in America.

Wall Street Journal, 'Bravery, as Defined by a Professor, an Olympian and an Activist'

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Five luminaries, including Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Aly Raisman offer their takes on this month’s topic: bravery.

New York Times: 'Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English'

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The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words.

Vineyard Gazette: A Man for Many Mediums, Skip Gates Leaves No Stone Unturned

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If not for a dinner in 1973, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., might today be summering on the Vineyard as a top doctor or prominent attorney, instead of a leading scholar of African American history and culture who’s also an award-winning documentary broadcaster.

Harvard Gazette: 'Houghton acquires 1st edition of 1st African American novel'

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Henry Louis Gates Jr., who identified the book decades ago, works with N.H. dealer to add it to Harvard’s collections

Reflections on the ‘Queen of Soul’

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“The truth is, the relationship between the black secular and the black sacred [music] was the relationship between Saturday night and Sunday morning.” — Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Vineyard Gazette: Hutchins Forum Addresses a Country Forever Divided

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Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. opened this year’s Hutchins Forum by speaking about the past in order to draw parallels with the present state of life in America.

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