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by Lynette Holloway onOctober 23, 2011
He talks black history and heritage, Obama and more.
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by Diedtra Henderson onSeptember 22, 2011
Short on samples, researchers seek more data on African Americans' health.
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September 1, 2011
Need help with your family tree? Send us your queries and The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., will answer them in our Roots section.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onJuly 28, 2011
Our editor-in-chief quizzes the Microsoft founder on his passion about education.
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July 20, 2011
Change is good. Learn about our new offerings.
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June 23, 2011
Rewind: In an episode of Faces of America that aired on PBS in 2010, the poet talks about her grandfather's immigration from Jamaica to Harlem, N.Y., and how he influenced his community.
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May 26, 2011
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s passion for genealogy manifested itself in four PBS series. It brought such enormous satisfaction that we at The Root wanted to perform a public service and help the readers find their roots as well. Send your questions to tracingyourroots.com.
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by Hayat Mohamed onApril 15, 2011
Henry Louis Gates Sr. died Christmas Eve, but his legacy lives on in his sons.
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April 14, 2011
Guess where most of those who survived the Middle Passage went? Henry Louis Gates Jr. breaks it down.
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April 8, 2011
In the PBS series Black in Latin America, The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., examines the complexities of race and color in the places where 95 percent of African slaves ended up: South America and the Caribbean. First up: Why slavery was more brutal in Brazil than in the U.S.
