Surprise photographs dont happen very often with genealogical research because, back in the day, photography wasnt used to identify people in government documents. DEGGANS: Well, Professor Gates has a reputation as one of the country's leading historians, so the question of his ethical standards is kind of important. Finding Your Roots airs weekly on Tuesdays on PBS. So PBS started an internal investigation to figure out what happened, and then on Wednesday they issued their findings. And they got the brothers in uniforms with swords and stuff coming out of the church with this sad, black church music. I was more of a bookworm. For tips, you can check out my three-part series of blog posts about How to Find a Professional Genealogist. GROSS: You had family that passed for white. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. GATES: So obviously somebody gave her that money. The controversy centered on an episode about the family history of star Ben Affleck. "It was so popular that PBS said, 'nah, you gotta cut white people in on this,'" Gates Jr. laughed. Gates Jr., a self-confessed fan of Succession, was thrilled when Cox agreed to do the show, and shared a behind-the-scenes video of the segment on Twitter on Monday. It would be rather seeing restored the names of their enslaved ancestors." GATES: Oh, my father and I were the first father and son of any race and the first African-Americans fully sequenced. TERRY GROSS, BYLINE: Because you've talked to everybody about their genealogy, I want to talk with you about yours and what you've learned about yourself and the larger meaning of what you've learned about yourself. GROSS: But you had family that passed for white. GROSS: I saw his picture in the obituary. If you dislike a persons writing style, or if you have difficulty understanding what theyre saying, its probably not a good idea to hire them to write a 100-page book for you. Armstrong Williams, a person I really admire and like, I ask him, and he said absolutely not. Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born Sept. 16, 1950, in Keyser, W.Va. His father worked at the local paper mill during the day and as a janitor at a telephone company at night. Guests from all ethnic backgrounds are welcomed as Gates Jr. investigates the lineage of his celebrity guests. We know that BRCA1, BRCA2 - they're genetic. And so he introduced me to the Yoruba people. Tax ID: 26-2810489. Watching a list of 26 titles created 26 Jan 2019 She loved nicknames (my brother Paul Edward is Rocky). And I showed up from Yale, and he became my mentor. They spoke in front of an audience last May when Gates received WHYY's annual Lifelong Learning Award. After another successful round with African American Lives 2, with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou and more, Gates Jr. was given an instruction by PBS. So what that means is that it's the percent of - if you had a perfect family tree, what percent would be from sub-Saharan Africa? "My idea was that I would reveal where in Africa, on a guest mother's mother's line, they had hailed from. Does race exist? She was quite a lady. Variety has an exclusive first look at Gates' appearance; scroll down for [] And they have a horse-drawn carriage. I love my mother, and I love my nickname. We have a genius, genetic genealogist, one of the pioneers of the field in CeCe Moore." Watch the full episode at PBS.org/FindingYourRoots. Well, I'll tell you a funny story. More research time equals more discoveries, enabling the researchers to uncover those mind-blowing records fit for television. On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts home by local police officer Sgt. So what I did - my father and I agreed, for science, that we'd put our genomes in the public domain so that any scholar or student can study our genome. And my father would just make up stories and tell my brother and me. Barack Obama understood that and, I think, certainly helped our nation to heal. "And I go, 'What? Well talk with Gates about the process of finding . GATES: I did an episode with Oprah and Quincy Jones and Bishop T.D. I mean, they know Donald Trump. Biology matters. Related Links. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Beginning with the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, And Still I Rise: From Black Power to the White House explores the last half-century of the African American experience. "A white man who slept with a black slave. In my experience, cousins are usually more receptive to requests for pictures from known family members (as opposed to friendly but unfamiliar genealogists). He rediscovered the earliest African-American novels, long forgotten, and has published extensively on appreciating African-American literature as part of the Western canon. They had two geneticists. So you found out that your ancestors were, like, 18 miles away from where you lived. So the two men who took part in what is now an infamous confrontation outside the Gates home near Harvard this month are actually related through common Irish lineage -- one of the more extraordinary aspects of the incident that has sparked worldwide headlines. GROSS: Totally stunned. . in Keyser, West Virginia, USA , United States (72 years), This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Henry Louis GATES (1950), Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0. And I cluster more toward the Yoruba than any - because 50 percent GATES: Of my ancestry is from sub-Saharan Africa. Henry Louis Gates is married to a white woman. CLIP. And one of the, you know, wonderful people on "The View" said did I think that Donald Trump is racist. And the reason I wanted to be a writer is that my mother wrote so beautifully and read so beautifully. Henry Louis Gate was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, W.Va. GATES: And my father lived to be 97 1/2 without any dementia. And you realize it's Peola, grown up, coming back. And I want to start with the person who got you started in genealogy. ET: The headline on this article was updated for further clarity around Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s remarks. And I don't know if that ruined your sports career forever, but it affected your leg forever. GATES: Terry Gross speechless - first time in 35 years. And the only reason that I started making the series that became "Finding Your Roots" is because of that obituary and that photograph. Published February 4, 2023 at 1:25 PM AKST. GATES: Yeah, yeah. And we're listening to Terry's interview with Henry Louis Gates. Historian and African American Studies professor Gates Jr. has hosted a number of genealogy shows in the past, but Finding Your Roots on PBS has proved his most popular yet. 2. So that was a steal. As the host of the hit show Finding Your Roots, now in its sixth season on PBS, he helps guests like Ava DuVernay, Sean . But I think that Donald Trump's rhetoric and some of his actions - for instance, after Charlottesville - encourage unfavorable race relations in the United States. I mean, like, my - I'm second-generation American. Author, Journalist, Industrialist, Businessman, American filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Born on September 16, 1950 War, Thinking, Civilization. Gates Jr. added, "Oprah just broke down and cried in the middle of the shoot. Meryl Schumacker is Board-certified genealogist no. GROSS: OK. All Rights Reserved. So, to summarize, you probably cant hire Henry Louis Gates Jr. himself, but you can get a similar work product from a qualified professional genealogist. After a break, he'll talk about his childhood and about how DNA evidence demonstrates there's no such thing as racial purity. On the show, they usually find photographs by contacting the guests relatives or distant cousins. Gates Jr. continued, "Brian, you know, broke down in tears because his grandfather was his hero. So maybe you can help me. However, it is perfectly acceptable to ask to view some sample pages or images to give you an idea of what youre getting. GATES: But I have an announcement to make GATES: For you. And that is the lesson of "Finding Your Roots. To be clear, I don't work for Finding Your Roots; I'm just a professional genealogist who knows people who have worked on the show and I was present for the filming of an episode. And our family - my cousin, Johnny Gates (ph), still owns that house to this day. This is FRESH AIR. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored 17 books and created 14 documentary films . DEGGANS: Yeah, that's true. She paid cash for that house in what was largely a white neighborhood. "We were able to give him his grandfather's heroism and nobility back, that's just such a great feeling." And he, and you, the officer and Joe Biden sat down, had a beer or two. GATES: admixture, I'm 50 percent sub-Saharan African and 50 percent European and virtually no Native American ancestry, which really pisses my family off. Henry Louis Gates is an American literary critic, historian, professor, filmmaker, and public intellectual. Some people get really excited about what goes on under the hood, but some peoples eyes glaze over a bit. GROSS: OK. On your mother's side, you found out that you had three men in the family who were freed slaves - freed before 1776. That's the way it is. But maybe youre thinking, But Im not here for a research report. . . As we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King today, we're going to listen to an interview Terry recorded with historian Henry Louis Gates. Those same tens of thousands of American who saw the show are also unlikely to distinguish "soldier" from a one who is a member of a "regiment", "troop", "militia" or the "Native Guard". So let's get back to your great-great-grandmother. Biography & Autobiography Rich & Famous Books 1 - 2 of 2 Sort by Publication Date Sort by Title A - Z Sort by Title Z - A Sort by Relevance Sort by Price - Low to High I love you. A plaque was unveiled in Cambridge in honour of Crummell and two other black pioneers: Gloria Carpenter . Gates co-produces and hosts the genealogy show, "Finding Your Roots." GROSS: And you got this information from the 1870 census. January 16, 2018. GATES: Yeah. GROSS: So you know your medical background and if you're GATES: Yeah. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots, uncovering primal scenes from our nation's past. She was smart and she went to college, which was unusual for a woman in that era. It's incredible. Some books function more like reference books on your ancestors, while others are formatted like short biographies. a book. DAVIES: Henry Louis Gates spoke with Terry Gross before a live audience in Philadelphia last May. So my whole life is really an attempt to honor and please my parents and make them proud of me, you know. And she dies of a broken heart because her little girl passes for white and goes off - and never sees her again. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, . HENRY LOUIS GATES: Well, let's see what we found on your mom's side of the family. GATES: Maybe for Christmas, OK, that's fine (laughter). GROSS: Yeah. 1. And just the optics of a seeing a rich, white movie star pressure a black historian into suppressing information about this guy's slave-owning past and his family, that's really bad on all kinds of levels. They lived together. GATES: And, you know, what's even more amazing, it's - one, it was my mother's third great grandfather - my fourth great grandfather. Terry will be one of the guests whose family history is explored next year in the sixth season of the show. GROSS: So having done your, like, ancestry and everything, were you close to your parents? I know, those are some of my favorite reveals on the show, too. African-Americans all think that they're a descendant from a Native American. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Gates first enrolled in college at Potomac State College in 1968, before transferring to Yale University in 1969. When Henry Louis Gates Sr was born on 8 June 1913, in Patterson Creek, Mineral, West Virginia, United States, his father, Edward St. Lawrence Gates, was 34 and his mother, Helen Gertrude Redman, was 31. They should also be a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. I have the Ui Neil Haplotype. That's a long time when you're young. They begin their conversation by discussing how Henry's upbringing and the . ", When Brian Cox comes on #FindingYourRoots to find out his real familys #SuccessionJoin us tomorrow night on @PBS at 8/7c for an all new episode of Finding Your Roots with guests Brian Cox and @ViolaDavis! Emmy Award-winning filmmaker . If we apply those percentages to the last . Greg Moore, Arizona Republic. I am descended from - on my father's side - from a white man who impregnated a black woman and, on my mother's side, from a white woman who was impregnated by a black man. I go, goodbye. But I think that you should have to get permission before someone is creeping around in your DNA. He is well-known as a literary critic, an editor of literature, and a proponent of black literature and black cultural studies. Remember all the talk about post-racialism that GATES: We thought when Obama - we had turned a corner, and we could, you know, beat our - the plowshares into pruning hooks - right? GATES: The Gateses all looked - my father looked white. I'm here to ask, on behalf of our production staff, if you will be a guest in next season GATES: Of "Finding Your Roots." But on the other hand, Terry, there were a lot of people who never forgave the country for electing a black man to the White House. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. GATES: I said, thank God. Not sure which channel that is? GROSS: So given this kind of really rich mix that you've just described and all the surprises that you've just described, what does race mean to you? Black people came here - not willingly, of course. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. Dr. Gates is the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard. And when this little girl's passing for - she passes for white and breaks her mother's heart. GATES: You know, I'm totally exposed. "When I was filming Oprah, I realized that I had misunderstood the narrative arc of the shoot. Copyright 2015 NPR. You said that after - you had been getting death threats and these angry emails and everything. GROSS: But you also wanted to know who were your African ancestors. Professor Gates is the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research at Harvard and has produced numerous books and documentaries about African-American history. He grew up in neighboring Piedmont. Become a member of THIRTEEN ($5 monthly or $60 annually) and get access to THIRTEEN Passport as our thanks for your support. As of 2014, he has written seventeen books and created thirteen . I told them that I did not want to know if I had any of the sort of - I don't know - the slam-dunk genes for Alzheimer's disease. You may yet have your own Bernie Sanders-style moment of genealogy-fueled surprise in the near future (though I cant say whether itll be because youre related to Larry David). So to me, it leaves open a question of whether or not letting Affleck lobby Gates was the problem or having him actually pressure them and get them to change the material was the problem. There are similar shows on TV, but the host knows why his is a cut above the rest. Jeff Daniels sits with "Finding Your Roots" host Henry Louis Gates Jr. in an episode from Season 9 on PBS. He was 97, as you said. GATES: Right after the Beer Summit, it all went away. 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. His father worked in a paper mill and moonlighted as a janitor, while his mother cleaned houses, as described in his memoir Colored People (1994). GROSS: And I read you talking about this. And when I was a young teenager, early adolescence, my father and I connected through the news. And the DNA tests we were doing at that time - when they analyzed my Y DNA, it went to Ireland. Kids don't even know what they are anymore, but everybody here does. And we knew the name of his great-great-grandmother and the name of this white man. He co-wrote Lincoln on Race and Slavery, with Donald Yacovone (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009). But the ancestry is being investigated against the will of the people being outed. In a PBS series on African-American ancestry that he hosted in 2008, Gates discovered his Irish roots when he found he was descended from an Irish immigrant and a slave girl. His PBS series "Finding Your Roots" returns for its ninth season in January, and his latest documentary series . And they fought in the Revolutionary War. What percent would be from Europe? It's a horrible way to start, in a way. Even the quality of the book design, paper, binding, etc., will vary substantially between a $5k and a $50k book. GATES: And they said, OK, we won't tell you. And I sat down. His dynasty lasted for centuries, continuing up until the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland at the end of the 16th century. It's called the Beer Summit. The largest single event explicitly tied to race in the way it was covered during the year was the arrest on July 16, 2009 of Gates, who was mistakenly suspected of trying to break in to his own home. In general, however, a family history book is a bound or digital book with sections devoted to your ancestors. pic.twitter.com/1fYFMj9eYC. Age, Biography and Wiki. But you know what? (These numbers have been updated since this post was written to reflect current market rates.) Legend has it that it was Niall of the Nine Hostages who, on a raid in Wales, captured a young slave and brought him to Ireland. Thank God. And we know from the analysis of my DNA that goes back to Ireland. Furthermore, he is credited for 14 documentaries, and some of the most noted ones are: let the church say, Amen, Africa's great civilization, and many more. Henry serves as a Trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

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