Henry Louis Gates

The Black Church

The Black Church

Feb. 16, 2021

The Black Church

The 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the ...
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
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Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, ...
Africa’s Great Civilizations
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Africa’s Great Civilizations

Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and ...
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

A look at the last five decades of African American history since the major civil rights victories through the eyes of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ...
Finding Your Roots
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Finding Your Roots

Mar. 24, 2012

Finding Your Roots

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of ...
Faces of America

Faces of America

Feb. 10, 2010

Faces of America

Faces of America is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service Public television television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. The series ...
America Beyond the Color Line

America Beyond the Color Line

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard’s chair of Afro-American Studies, travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the ...