Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 16.953 |
| Birthday | 1950-09-16 |
| Place of Birth | Keyser, West Virginia, USA |
| Also Known As | Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr., |
2016
13th
7.9/732
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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13th
2017
Birth of a Movement
6.4/5
In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreak...
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Birth of a Movement
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
6.1/11
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual exec...
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2004
A Place of Our Own
0/0
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.
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A Place of Our Own
1992
Color Adjustment
6.9/10
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving cl...
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Color Adjustment
2017
Not Black Enough
7.5/2
A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized becaus...
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Not Black Enough
2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7/1
The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound los...
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Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2009
Looking for Lincoln
0/0
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to...
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Looking for Lincoln
2015
The Gettysburg Address
10/1
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...
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The Gettysburg Address
1999
Leaving Cleaver
0/0
In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as...
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Leaving Cleaver
2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
8.2/5
A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.
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Frontline: America's Great Divide
2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
4.6/7
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality....
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
6/3
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as...
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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
7/62
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions t...
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Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2018
America's Library
0/0
With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its extensi...
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America's Library
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
0/0
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Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2024
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
0/0
A one-of-a-kind musical celebration that honors the legacy and influence of Gospel music in America. Contemporary artists join celebrated gospel singe...
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