E-mail a friendMarch 19, 2008
Harvard's Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor of the African American National Biography, weighs in on Sen. Obama's recent speech and the separate discourses that take place on race in America.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Harvard professor weighs in on Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race. (2:31)
Included on Time's "25 Most Influential Americans" list, Harvard's Henry Louis Gates has used his prominence to promote the expansion of Black studies. He was the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and lectures nationally on multiculturalism and African American literature. His many projects include the African American Lives TV specials, which he hosted and co-produced, The Root, an online magazine dedicated to Black perspectives, and the new 8-volume African American National Biography.
