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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 101 quotes by Henry Louis Gates Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates with his Peabody Awards for his documentary, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Born Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (1950-09-16) September 16, 1950 (age 64) Keyser, West Virginia, US Occupation Author, documentary filmmaker, essayist, literary critic, professor Nationality American Alma mater Yale University (BA) Clare College, Cambridge (PhD) Genre Essay, history, literature Subject African American... Read full biography of Henry Louis Gates → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ctrl → The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. 0 Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. 0 But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation.... → 0 If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. 0 First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a... → 0 Diversity doesn't mean black and white only. 0 You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it. 0 I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted by racism and classism. I... → 0 Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a... → 0 People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he... → 0 I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared you... → 0 The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why... → 0 For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical... → 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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