These two questions are at the heart of the new pbs series faces of america. Using the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned americans. Faces of america 2010 documentary by henry louis gates, jr. Faces of america is a fourpart public broadcasting service pbs public television television series hosted by professor henry louis gates. Instantly find any faces of america with henry louis gates jr. Like his followup series finding your roots henry louis gates jr exams the history of the family of celebrities. Henry louis gates uncovers the emotional history of both sean puffy combs and ll cool js families. Bank of america is proud to support henry louis gates, jr. Henry louis gates apologizes over ben affleck find your. In an excerpt from tradition and the black atlantic, henry louis gates jr. Emmy awardwinning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, professor gates. Drawing on extensive archival records, this digital memorial allows analysis of the ships, traders, and captives in the atlantic slave trade.
How 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts henry louis gates jr. With elizabeth alexander, mario batali, stephen colbert, louise erdrich. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. His pbs series finding your roots is currently airing its fourth season. Among the discoveries are descriptions of meryl streeps eighth greatgrandfather who fought in metacoms war, records. He is wellknown as a literary critic, an editor of literature, and a proponent of black literature and black cultural studies. I will have to do the work myself maybe ill find some american indian or african relatives. Learn more about gatess life and career, including his various books as well as his tv documentary series, notably finding your roots. The current pbs documentary miniseries faces of america traces the family histories of 12 prominent people who, over the course of several hours and with. Gates hosted faces of america, a fourpart series presented by pbs in 2010. Gates has been a prominent scholar in africanamerican studies for decades. James crowley, who was responding to a 911 callers report of men breaking and entering the residence. The yamaguchi story how an immigrant farmer paved the way for success.
But first, we need you to sign in to pbs using one of the services below. Henry louis gatess extended family the chronicle of higher. Building on the success of his series african american lives and african american lives 2. Learn more about african american history with henry louis. Faces of america with henry louis gates, jr interview. Rootstech is pleased to announce henry louis gates jr. The series originally aired february 10 march 3, 2010 from 89 p. His father worked at the local paper mill during the day and as a janitor at a telephone company at night. Building on the success of his series african american lives and african american lives. Emmy awardwinning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, professor gates has authored or coauthored twentyone books and created. The three databases below provide details of 36,000 transatlantic slave voyages, 10,000 intraamerican ventures, names and personal information. To view this video download flash player videos 360 view images faces of america. The third season of pbs hit show finding your roots continues to chronicle the fascinating family stories of celebrities, politicians, activists and more.
Jan 12, 2010 these two questions are at the heart of the new pbs series faces of america with henry louis gates, jr. Becoming american exploring the many journeys to becoming american that defined the century of immigration 1820s 1924 and transformed the united states from a sleepy agrarian country into a. The first episode explores the dynamic and shifting relationship america had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. Watch full episodes of faces of america with henry louis gates, jr. Gates is perhaps best known in genealogy circles for his current role as the host of finding your roots, his groundbreaking genealogy series on pbs, now in its 4 th season. But instead of following 3 celebrities through their journey, the show has a topic and a number of celebs from a list of 12 are spotlighted. On july 16, 2009, harvard university professor henry louis gates jr.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. In addition to writing and editing many books on literary theory and african and african american culture, he has also written, produced, and narrated many documentaries for pbs, including wonders of the african world 1998 and faces of america 2010. You can also buy, rent faces of america with henry louis gates jr. Faces of america and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Now, in faces of america gates explores the family trees of twelve of. Africas great civilizations, a henry louis gates, jr. World war tore apart families and sundered the fabric of many lives, but america beckoned and millions came. Black in latin america, a new fourpart series on the influence of african descent on latin america, is the latest documentary film from renowned harvard scholar henry louis gates, jr. Looking to the wider immigrant experience, professor henry louis gates jr.
Opinion black demagogues and pseudoscholars the new york. The harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy. Renowned scholar gates african american studiesharvard univ the signifying monkey, 2010, etc. As a nation of immigrants, the american experience is vibrantly defined by the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural. English, french, german, irish, italian, jamaican, jewish, latino, native american, swiss. Dubois institute for african and african american research. Feb 17, 2010 henry louis gates uncovers faces of america henry louis gates has been tracing dna clues to uncover lost family histories for almost four years. In australia, this program aired on sbs one each sunday at 7. Du bois institute for african and african american research. At a time when black america is beleaguered on all sides, there is a strong temptation simply to ignore the phenomenon or treat it as something strictly. Gates and one of his faces of america guests, professor and. Our american stories exploring the dynamic and shifting relationship america had with her new immigrants in the 20th century.
These two questions are at the heart of the new pbs series faces of america with henry louis gates, jr. In the new landmark series africas great civilizations, dr. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the. Jun 25, 2015 henry louis gates apologizes over ben affleck find your roots episode gates has apologized for not being more transparent in handling a controversial episode of the series he hosts on pbs. Henry louis gates has been tracing dna clues to uncover lost family histories for almost four years. For years now, harvard scholar henry louis gates, jr. Click here and start watching faces of america with henry louis gates jr. Since 2007, the harvard scholar henry louis gates, jr. This is the story of the peopling of the new world, of how land came to define the settling and identity of america, and of how the guests ancestors were part of this history. Based on pbs television series faces of america hosted by henry louis gates, jr. After investigating ben afflecks ancestry for his pbs program finding your roots, gates. Gates calls the book an homage to joel augustus rogers 100 amazing facts about the negro with complete proof published in 1957. Pbs explores america s history, food and culture januarymarch 2020 by tv news desk december 05, 2019 from new episodes of finding your roots with henry louis gates, jr.
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