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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Acting
1950-09-16
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Also known as: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr., Dr. 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.

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TV Credits (26)

Behind the Camera (26)

Finding Your Roots
6.2
TV
Finding Your Roots

Writer

Finding Your Roots
6.2
TV
Finding Your Roots

Executive Producer

America Beyond the Color Line
7.5
TV
America Beyond the Color Line

Writer

Who Killed Malcolm X?
7.2
TV
Who Killed Malcolm X?

Executive Producer

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
5.3
TV
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

Executive Producer

Great Migrations: A People on the Move
TV
Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Executive Producer

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
5.5
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Executive Producer

Africa's Great Civilizations
8.0
TV
Africa's Great Civilizations

Writer

Gospel
10.0
TV
Gospel

Executive Producer

Gospel
10.0
TV
Gospel

Writer

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
TV
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Executive Producer

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
9.0
TV
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Writer

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0
TV
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Executive Producer

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0
TV
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Creator

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
4.0
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Executive Producer

Black Art: In the Absence of Light
6.9
Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Executive Producer

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
10.0
TV
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Creator

Wonders of the African World
TV
Wonders of the African World

Writer

Making Black America
6.0
TV
Making Black America

Executive Producer

Making Black America
6.0
TV
Making Black America

Writer

Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver

Writer

Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln

Writer

Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln

Executive Producer

Let the Church Say, Amen
6.4
Let the Church Say, Amen

Executive Producer

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Executive Producer

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Writer

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