The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.

4/29/2013

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2013.006

English professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. (1950 - ) extended the application of the concept of “signifyin(g)” to analysis of African American works and thus rooted African American literary criticism in the African American vernacular tradition. The work gained Gates critical acclaim nationally, and he quickly translated his success into a more mainstream career as a “public intellectual,” Gates was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/29/2013, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 1; Total Run Time: 01h 22m 53s

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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

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African American Studies scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in Keyser, West Virginia on September 16, 1950, the son of Henry Louis Gates Sr. and Pauline Augusta Coleman. Gates first enrolled in college at Potomac State College in 1968, before transferring to Yale University in 1969. In 1970, he received a fellowship from Yale that would allow him to work and travel in Africa. Gates graduated from Yale in 1973, receiving his B.A. degree in History. Gates was also honored in 1973 with an Andre...