Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Historian • Writer • Educator

Birth Date: September 16, 1950

Age: 72 years old

Birth Place: Keyser, West Virginia

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The 87th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

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2022

Making Black America: Through the GrapevineStream

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2022

Making Black America: Through the GrapevineStream

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2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesStream

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2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesStream

Self
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2022

Common Ground With Jane Whitney

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2021

Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings

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2021

Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings

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2021

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongStream

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2021
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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2021

Civil WarStream

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Movie
2021
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2020

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2020

History With David Rubenstein

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2020

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

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2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

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2019

Railroad Ties

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Movie
2019

Detroit: Comeback City

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2018

Africa's Great Civilizations

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2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

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2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

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2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

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2017

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

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2016

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

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2016

The Daily Show With Trevor NoahStream

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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2015

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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2014

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

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2013

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

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2013

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

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2013

The Real

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2013

Mankind Decoded

Self
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2013

Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell

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2012

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream

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2012

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream

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2012

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream

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2012

CBS This Morning

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2012

Black in Latin America

Executive Producer
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2011

Black in Latin America

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2011

Black in Latin America

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2011

Overheard With Evan Smith

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2010

A Conversation With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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2010

Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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2010

Sanjay Gupta, MD

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2009

Looking for Lincoln

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2009

African American Lives 2

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2008

La Plaza -- Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One

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2008

Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One

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2007

African American Lives

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2006

The Colbert Report

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2005

A Place of Our Own

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2004

America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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2004

Tavis Smiley

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2004

A Place of Our Own

Self
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2004

The View

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1997

Great Railway Journeys

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1994

Charlie Rose

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1991

The SimpsonsStream

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Himself
TV Show
1989
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