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Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks highlighting Black joy – not pain – on new PBS series
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoA new, four-part PBS series aspires to showcase the beauty, joy and achievements of the Black...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals his ‘Finding Your Roots’ dream guests, including this TODAY anchor
The Today Show via AOL· 5 months agoHenry Louis Gates Jr. has a running list of dream guests for the show "Finding Your Roots." Al Roker...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Reveals How Stars Get on “Finding Your Roots”: 'We Have a Long Waiting List'...
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Harvard professor explains to tells PEOPLE how the show's popularity now means celebrities are...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPopular words used in Black culture for centuries are making their way into Oxford’s newest...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Searched His Own Past and Made a Surprising Discovery
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoHOUSE CALL Henry Louis Gates Jr., 73, is a writer, cultural historian and director of Harvard’s...
Michael Douglas Discovers He's Related to Scarlett Johansson on “Finding Your Roots”: 'Are You...
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScarlett Johannson is a “DNA cousin” of Michael Douglas, according to ‘Finding Your Roots’ host...
Edward Norton Learns Pocahontas Is His 12th Great Grandmother — Actor's Family Lore Is 'Absolutely...
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree Lions/Getty, Pablo Cuadra/WireImage Edward Norton's family roots go back further than he...
Edward Norton Learns Pocahontas Is His 12th Great-Grandmother
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe post Edward Norton Learns Pocahontas Is His 12th Great-Grandmother appeared first on...
Ask Hollywood, and 'all Black people do' is 'protest.' This new doc rejects that
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHenry Louis Gates Jr., photographed at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University (Philip Keith / For...
I Just Found Out Julia Roberts' Name Is Not Actually Julia Roberts, And I'm Gutted
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis week, actor Julia Roberts participated in Ancestry's Finding Your Roots segment with Dr. Henry...