Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

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  1. The Black Box of Race

    In a circumscribed universe, Black Americans have ceaselessly reinvented themselves.

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    A collage with the American flag and important Black figures
    Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: Authenticated News / Getty; Cecil Williams / Claflin University / Getty; Jackson State University / Getty.