Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Clare_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Alfred_I._duPont–Columbia_University_Award
gptkb:Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award
gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Humanities_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1950-09-16
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Henry_Louis_Gates,_Jr.
gptkbp:birthPlace Keyser, West Virginia, United States
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:degree Ph.D. in English literature
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Africana:_The_Encyclopedia_of_the_African_and_African_American_Experience
gptkb:The_Norton_Anthology_of_African_American_Literature
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork cultural criticism
literary criticism
African-American studies
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:African_American_Lives
gptkb:Finding_Your_Roots
Faces of America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
gptkbp:influenced numerous scholars in African American studies
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jacques_Derrida
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Roland_Barthes
gptkbp:knownFor African American literary criticism
public television documentaries
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
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gptkb:Colored_People:_A_Memoir
gptkb:Finding_Your_Roots
gptkb:The_Signifying_Monkey
Faces of America
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:film_director
gptkb:historian
gptkb:professor
history
literary criticism
gptkbp:position gptkb:Alphonse_Fletcher_University_Professor
Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse Sharon Lynn Adams
gptkbp:website https://henrylouisgates.com/
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