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Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience."

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge."

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.




Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up."

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black."

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.




Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community."

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten."

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice."

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.




Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried."

Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large."

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it."

You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change."

If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "I'm looking forward to the time when we all look like Polynesians."

I'm looking forward to the time when we all look like Polynesians.




Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity."

The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am."

Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race."

If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass."

The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "My father was the funniest man I ever met. He made Redd Foxx look like an undertaker."

My father was the funniest man I ever met. He made Redd Foxx look like an undertaker.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Diversity doesn't mean black and white only."

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith."

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer."

Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same."

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "I think literacy is everything."

I think literacy is everything.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees."

There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique."

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement."

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "I want to be remembered as someone who tried to bring the story of our ancestors to the broadest possible audience. I want to be remembered as a man who loved his race."

I want to be remembered as someone who tried to bring the story of our ancestors to the broadest possible audience. I want to be remembered as a man who loved his race.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity."

Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The genius is making a way out of no way."

The genius is making a way out of no way.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with."

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Instill respect for teachers."

Instill respect for teachers.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the individual author but also the self, as it were, of the race."

The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the individual author but also the self, as it were, of the race.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip."

My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults."

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him."

My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are."

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding which stories to tell."

Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding which stories to tell.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs."

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro."

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same."

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched."

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence."

In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories."

What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on."

You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Each individual has a responsibility to get out of bed, learn their ABCs, learn your math tables, not use race and racism as an excuse."

Each individual has a responsibility to get out of bed, learn their ABCs, learn your math tables, not use race and racism as an excuse.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology."

Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "Without doubt, President [Barack] Obama is a great historical figure."

Without doubt, President [Barack] Obama is a great historical figure.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "We must begin to understand the nature of intertextuality . . . the manner by which texts poems and novels respond to other texts. After all, all cats may be black at night, but not to other cats."

We must begin to understand the nature of intertextuality . . . the manner by which texts poems and novels respond to other texts. After all, all cats may be black at night, but not to other cats.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced."

My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.



Henry Louis Gates Quotes: "The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game."

The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game.