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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.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS. In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...
On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home by local police officer Sgt. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the international ...
The hit series, which is ultimately a reinvention of "African American Lives," is now in its sixth season on PBS.
List of Finding Your Roots episodes Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS. Nine seasons have been broadcast. Its tenth season is scheduled to premiere on January 2, 2024.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has a running list of dream guests for the show "Finding Your Roots," and TODAY's own Al Roker tops the list.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.said the PBS series, “Making Black America: Though the Grapevine,” will focus on the achievements of Black Americans rather than its pathologies.
Africa's Great Civilizations is a PBS six-hour television series hosted and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. [1] [2] It aired on PBS in the United States in February 2017. [3]