Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
We have chaos reigning in the Middle East. There is a great deal of instability. In the past, people would have turned… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black? — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I think that the implication of King's assassination has not been fully appreciated. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as someone who tried to bring the story of our ancestors to the broadest possible audience. I want to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
