6 Black Professors Who Teach The Nation and Inform Popular Culture
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Henry Louis Gates
There’s no little bit of irony in the fact that one of Black America’s leading intellectuals is better known for his arrest than his academic credentials. After all, a black man in cuffs is an easier image to access than one in front of a classroom. But if it bothers Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, it certainly hasn’t bound him. “Black in Latin America” debuts next week, the eleventh in a series of PBS documentaries covering everything from ancient kingdoms to Oprah’s roots. Off camera he keeps up the extra-curriculars, most notably as co-founder and editor-in-chief of online daily, The Root.
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