A consummate scholar and esteemed public intellectual, Professor Gates is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for his riveting addresses to audiences of all kinds.The noted African-American literary scholar and critic examines the tangled, troubled years between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the modern civil rights movement.įrom the outset, writes Gates (African and African-American Research/Harvard Univ. Professor Gates serves on the boards of many notable institutions, including: the New York Public Library, the Aspen Institute, the Brookings Institution, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. His filmmaking has received Emmy, Peabody, and NAACP Image Awards, as well as an Alfred I. Professor Gates has received countless awards and honors, including a George Polk Award for his social commentary in The New York Times, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Chicago Tribune Literary Award for lifetime achievement, and the prestigious Gold Medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences, among many others. His groundbreaking series on genealogy and genetics, Finding Your Roots, is now in its eighth season on PBS.
He has also produced and hosted more than 20 documentary films, most recently PBS’ The Black Church and HBO’s Black Art: In the Absence of Light. Among his dozens of books are the recent New York Times bestsellers Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow and The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song. Professor Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African Research at Harvard University. is an acclaimed cultural critic and institution builder. >Įmmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, and journalist Henry Louis Gates, Jr. See what's new with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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