Explore our shared histories with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, historian, and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Join Professor Gates in exploring the connections that bind us and our shared histories through iconic series like Making Black America, Finding Your Roots, and more.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, historian, and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Join Professor Gates in exploring the connections that bind us and our shared histories through iconic series like Making Black America, Finding Your Roots, and more.
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