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DESCRIPTION:A native of Piedmont\, West Virginia\, Henry Louis Gates\, Jr. 
 earned his B.A. in History\, summa cum laude\, from Yale University in 1973
 \, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Clare College at Cambr
 idge in 1979\, where he is also an Honorary Fellow. A former chair of the P
 ulitzer Prize board\, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Le
 tters and serves on a wide array of boards\, including the New York Public 
 Library\, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund\, the Aspen Institute\, the Whitney 
 Museum of American Art\, Library of America\, and The Studio Museeum of Har
 lem. In 2011\, his portrait\, by Yugi Wang\, was hung in the National Portr
 ait Gallery in Washington\, D.C. He is member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor s
 ociety. \n\nHenry Louis Gates\, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Pro
 fessor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American R
 esearch at Harvard University. Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker\, l
 iterary scholar\, journalist\, cultural critic\, and institution builder\, 
 Professor Gate's most recent books are The Black Box: Writing the Race\, St
 ony the Road: Reconstruction\, White Supremacy\, and the Rise of Jim Crow a
 nd The Black Church: This is Our Story\, This is Our Song. He has also prod
 uced and hosted an array of documentary films. The Black Church (PBS) and F
 rederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (HBO)\, which he executive produced\, e
 ach received Emmy nominations. His latest history series for PBS are Gospel
  and Making Black America: Through the Grapevine. Finding Your Roots\, Gate
 s groundbreaking genealogy and genetics\, series\, is in its tenth season o
 n PBS.\n\nGet your tickets by calling 304.696.6656 or visiting our box offi
 ce at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.
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LOCATION:Joan C Edwards Performing Arts Center
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates\, JR.
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URL:https://events.marshall.edu/event/a-conversation-with-henry-louis-gates
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