Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Explore our shared histories with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, historian, and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Join Professor Gates in exploring the connections that bind us and our shared histories through iconic series like Making Black America, Finding Your Roots, and more.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Shows

Finding Your Roots
Making Black America
The Black Church
RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Africa's Great Civilizations
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Black in Latin America
African American Lives 2
Faces of America
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