Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is also… By ...

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts 'African American Lives' on PBS. Feb. 27, 2008 — -- Chris Rock has done it, Tina Turner too. Even Oprah Winfrey shed a tear when she uncovered her family ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Jewish heritages of actor Jeff Goldblum, radio host Terry Gross, and comedian Marc Maron, uncovering previously unknown stories that show each shares much more ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

“Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. said the pontiff, who was elected to the position in May, is related to several prominent celebrities and politicians, which he revealed in a ...

The omni-Americans -- South to a very old place -- The hero and the blues -- Stomping the blues -- The blue devils of Nada -- From the briarpatch file -- Other writings. "The problem" is not just ...

Object Details Author Bindman, David 1940- Gates, Henry Louis Jr Dalton, Karen C. C. 1948- W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) Notes ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. We went back 500 years and found his ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the best-known research as of the time of publication. Design by Nick Sheedy.

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to pop star Madonna, along with Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, and Justin Trudeau, new research shows. The findings come from genealogist Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008, by The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., dares to capture its scope and breadth, from the era of 16th-century ...