September 16th is Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Day!!!

September 16th is Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Day!!! 

"Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. He is the author most recently of Black in Latin America (New York University Press, 2011) and Faces of America (New York University Press, 2010), which expand on his critically acclaimed PBS documentaries, and Tradition and the Black Atlantic: Criticism in the African Diaspora (Basic Books, 2010). He is the co-editor of Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies (W. W. Norton, 2011). His four-hour documentary, Black in Latin America, aired on PBS in April and May." Thank you Mr. Gates Jr. for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Henry Louis Gates, Jr. :-)

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~amciv/faculty/gates.shtml

http://video.pbs.org/video/1860580316/

"Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth?" - Hentry Louis Gates, Jr.