Henry Louis Gates

My goal is to get everybody in America to do their family tree. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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

— Henry Louis Gates

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My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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One must learn how to be black in America. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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

— Henry Louis Gates

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Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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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 below the poverty line is almost the same. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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

— Henry Louis Gates

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