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Feb 18, 2024 · 'Finding Your Roots' host Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells PEOPLE how Jodie Foster, his former mentee at Yale University, babysat his two daughters for free.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
As host of the PBS series Finding Your Roots, Gates tells celebrities about their family history. He reflects on his own history and some of the more controversial aspects of DNA testing.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
Nov 23, 2008 · Family Matters. By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. November 23, 2008. The author’s great-great-grandmother Jane Gates; his grandfather Edward Gates; and his parents. My father’s father, Edward St ...
Sep 2, 2010 · Elizabeth Gates, the daughter of prominent Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, is in her twenties and suffered a severe stroke just four months ago. And remarkably, she's now able to talk...
Harvard professor and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is this year’s Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities. He spoke recently with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the growth of African American studies in this country.
