Videos

Historian and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates provided a history of religion and the importance of the church in Black communities. This was a virtual event hosted by the Gilder Lehrman …

Historian Henry Louis Gates talked about Reconstruction, which lasted from the end of the Civil War until 1877, the amendments passed during this time to promote equality for African America…

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are presented for “important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.” 2019 winners included …

Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Judge Richard Gergel, and Washington Post senior editor Steve Luxenberg talked race in America at the 19th annual National Book Festival i…

Book TV presented coverage of the 83rd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which are given for “important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversi…

Little Rock Central High School held a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the integration of the Arkansas school. Speakers included former President Bill Clinton, Governor Asa H…

Filmmaker Ken Burns and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates talked about race in the U.S.. The two produced documentaries on the Civil Rights Movement that were scheduled to premiere later i…

The provost of Columbia University presents his study of the effects of stereotypes on learning and testing and the state of education in the U.S. He discovers that telling a group what a sp…

Professor Gates spoke about how personal stories relate to history and showed pictures while talking about tracing his family history. Topics included his African-American heritage, his gene…

President Obama and Vice President Biden were shown meeting over beer with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cambridge, Massachusetts, police officer Sergeant James Crowley.