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| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
Exciting news! Henry Louis Gates has a new documentary debuting Feb. 27, 2017 on PBS. It is called Africa's Great Civilizations
http://www.pbs.org/show/africas-great-civilizations/ . Got to watch!
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is a notable educator, writer, film maker, and
an unusually empathetic and honest commentor and interviewer involved
forcefully in America's national racial group therapy.
I first became aware in his analysis when viewing 'African American
Lives' on PBS in 2006. It was simultaneous to my choice to have DNA
analysis of my own ancestry, and I discovered I am actually 10 percent
sub-Saharan African myself. I felt I had joined Dr. Gates, et al, on a
voyage of discovery. Dr. Gates later discovered his Irish roots during
the series.
Henry Louis Gates not only has done a great amount of serious historical
research, he has brought this knowledge to the nation in amazingly
accessible ways. Books, television, documentaries, interviews--whatever
your learning gate is, he will open it for you to better understand not
only the African American story, but the American story. Dr. Gates
provides a camaraderie of the
human adventure, not only
the African one. I believe this deep, profound work is one of not only
scholarship but also of healing so our diversity can be a strength not a
division.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher
University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.
Professor Gates is Editor-in-Chief of TheRoot.com, a daily online
magazine focusing on issues of interest to the African American
community
http://www.theroot.com/
Wikipedia provided the following list of films (many of which are
available through Netflix) as well as an impressive list of books and
articles by Dr. Gates. I've watched most of these, and really enjoy not
only the information but Dr. Gates' informal, friendly style.
"Many Rivers to Cross mini series [Public Broadcasting Service|PBS], Executive Producer, Writer and Host, PBS, 2013
Finding Your Roots,
PBS, Executive Producer, Writer and Host, PBS, 2012
Black in Latin America, PBS, Executive Producer, Writer and Presenter, PBS, April 19 – May 10, 2011.
From Great Zimbabwe to Kilimatinde, BBC/PBS,
Great Railway Journeys, Narrator and Screenwriter, BBC/PBS, 1996.
The Two Nations of Black America, Host and Scriptwriter,
Frontline,
WGBH-TV, February 10, 1998.
Leaving Eldridge Cleaver, WGBH, 1999
Wonders of the African World, PBS, October 25–27, 1999 (six-part series)
Shown as
Into Africa on BBC-2 in the United Kingdom and South Africa, Summer, 1999
America Beyond the Color Line, Host and Scriptwriter (four-part series) PBS, 2004.
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African American Lives, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2006
African American Lives 2, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2008
Looking For Lincoln, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2009
Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (1999). Microsoft Encarta Africana Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Black History and Culture (First ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corp. ISBN 0-7356-0057-0. [26] (CD-Rom)
Credited for his involvement in
Unchained Memories (2003)
