About the Program
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Auburn Cemetery and its African American history, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates talks about Africa and the African Diaspora. During the discussion, he describes the creation of the one-volume edition of the 5-volume "Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience," a guide to African American cultural, religious and political movements. Henry Louis Gates also reflects on the influences of W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Parks and Wole Soyinka on his life.
Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis Gates is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and Humanities Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of "Colored People, " coeditor with Kwame Anthony Appiah of "Encarta Africana," and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. He has received many honors, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal.
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