From his earliest work of literary-historical excavation in 1982, through his current writings on the history and science of African American genealogy, the essays collected here follow his path as historian, theorist, canon-builder, and cultural critic, revealing a thinker of uncommon breadth whose work is uniformly guided by the drive to uncover and restore a history that has for too long been buried and denied.
In what will be an essential volume, The Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Reader collects three decades of writings from his many fields of interest and expertise. Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.Educator, writer, critic, intellectual, film-maker-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been widely praised as being one of America's most prominent and prolific scholars. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Advisory Board Professor: African and African American Studies Chair, Harvard University (1991-) University: PhD English, Clare College, Cambridge University He could never have been convicted on the charge, as in Massachusetts disorderly conduct must occur in a public place, not a private residence.
After showing the police officer his driver's license with his address on it, Gates berated the policeman for racial profiling, and his hostile attitude prompted a disorderly conduct arrest.
On 16 July 2009, Gates was confronted by police in his home after reports that a black man - Gates - had broken and entered. In 1983, Gates rediscovered the first book published in America by a black person, Harriet E. Right leg is two inches shorter than his left, stemming from a misdiagnosed childhood sports injury, hence his nickname "Skip."
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