Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Born: 1950-09-16

Birthplace: Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Biography

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

Known For

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The Gettysburg Address
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Color Adjustment
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Top Movie Credits

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