American Quotes by Henry Louis Gates

11 American quotes by Henry Louis Gates

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Henry Louis Gates brings his deep knowledge of history and culture to bear on the American story. In these eleven brief statements you’ll sense his nuanced, scholarly take on the nation’s identity.

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It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American…

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Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story…

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Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to…

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So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

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Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

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I want to get into the educational DNA of American culture. I want 10 percent of the common culture, more or less,…

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You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames.…

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All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to…

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Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story…

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I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that…

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So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the…

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I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.

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Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.

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I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?

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I think that the implication of King's assassination has not been fully appreciated.

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I want to be remembered as someone who tried to bring the story of our ancestors to the broadest possible audience. I want to…

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In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All…

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Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or…

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Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

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My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

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Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.

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