Presidents

Lincoln on Race and Slavery

Henry Louis Gates

About the Program

Author discuses his two new books on race: a comprehesive perspective on Lincoln's attitudes on slavery and race relations; and a look at how 19 prominent Black Americans reclaimed their past, using DNA and archival records to research their ancestry.

About the Authors

Henry Louis Gates

Henry Louis GatesHenry Louis Gates is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and Humanities Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of "Colored People, " coeditor with Kwame Anthony Appiah of "Encarta Africana," and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. He has received many honors, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal.
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Past Airings

  • Saturday, August 22nd at 8am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 29th at 8am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 29th at 12:15am (ET)
  • Saturday, March 28th at 10am (ET)
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