Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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human literary critic public intellectual scholar of African American studies television host university professor

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an influential American literary critic, scholar of African American studies, and public intellectual known for his work on Black literature, cultural history, and genealogy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → literary critic → public intellectual → scholar of African American studies → television host → university professor →
awardReceived	Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → MacArthur Fellowship → National Humanities Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1950-09-16 →
degree	PhD in English literature →
educatedAt	University of Cambridge → Yale University →
employer	Harvard University →
familyName	Gates →
fieldOfWork	African American studies → cultural history → genealogy → literary criticism →
fullName	Henry Louis Gates Jr. →
genre	literary criticism → memoir → non-fiction →
givenName	Henry →
knownFor	developing the concept of Signifyin(g) in African American literary theory → editing anthologies of African American literature → hosting genealogy television series →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society →
notableFor	public television documentaries on African American history → scholarship on African American cultural history → work on Black literature →
notableWork	African American Lives → Colored People: A Memoir → Faces of America → Figures in Black → Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. → In Search of Our Roots → Life Upon These Shores → Loose Canons → Stony the Road → The Signifying Monkey →
occupation	author → editor → professor → television producer →
placeOfBirth	Keyser, West Virginia, United States →
positionHeld	Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University → Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University →

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13th →	featuresInterviewWith
Henry Louis Gates Jr. →	fullName
Gates →	hasNotableBearer
Black Arts Movement →	movementCritic
National Humanities Medal →	notableRecipient