Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
  • Who Designed the March on Washington?
    Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader who was kept in the shadows by the Civil Rights movement establishment.
  • Did MLK Improvise in the ‘Dream’ Speech?
    What laid the groundwork for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech at the March on Washington, and what are common misperceptions about its intent?
  • ’12 Years a Slave’: Trek From Slave to Screen
    As a literary scholar and cultural historian who has spent a lifetime searching out African Americans' lost, forgotten and otherwise unheralded tales, I was honored to serve as a historical consultant on Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," most certainly one of the most vivid and authentic portrayals of slavery ever captured in a feature film.
  • What Was the Second Middle Passage?
    The growth of the cotton economy and the internal slave trade in America forced families to separate and migrate once again.
  • Should Blacks Collect Racist Memorabilia?
    Henry Louis Gates Jr. makes a case for saving racist imagery that worked in tandem with Jim Crow laws.
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