Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

1950-09-16 Keyser, West Virginia, USA 26 Credits

Biography

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

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The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Self

Acting

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

2024

as Himself

Acting

Explore the work of one of the most renowned, respected and popular cultural historians with this new retrospective documentary, which explores his wo...

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

2024

as Self

Acting

A one-of-a-kind musical celebration that honors the legacy and influence of Gospel music in America. Contemporary artists join celebrated gospel singe...

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

2022

as Self

6.0
Acting

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as ...

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

2022

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as ...

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

2021

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

2021

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition...

John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble

2020

as Self

4.6
Acting

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality....

Frontline: America's Great Divide

Frontline: America's Great Divide

2020

as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)

8.2
Acting

A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

2019

as Self

7.0
Acting

The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound los...

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

2019

Executive Producer, Writer

7.0
Producing Writing

The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound los...

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

2019

as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

Acting

Actor Courtney B. Vance hosts this special celebrating Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s work with focus on his five quintessential documentary series abou...

America's Library

America's Library

2018

as Self

Acting

With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its extensi...

Not Black Enough

Not Black Enough

2017

as Self

7.7
Acting

A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized becaus...

Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement

2017

as Self

6.4
Acting

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreak...

13th

13th

2016

as Self

7.9
Acting

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

2016

Acting
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions t...

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

2009

as Self - Host

Acting

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to...

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

2009

Executive Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to...

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

2004

as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Acting

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

Let the Church Say, Amen

Let the Church Say, Amen

2003

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

In Washington D.C., one church becomes the symbol of a local community dedicated to one another.

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

as Self

6.1
Acting

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual exec...

Leaving Cleaver

Leaving Cleaver

1999

as Self

Acting

In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as...

Leaving Cleaver

Leaving Cleaver

1999

Writer

Writing

In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as...

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

1992

as Self

6.9
Acting

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving cl...