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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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July 28, 2013

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F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton Calls for a Movement to ‘Take Africa Back’ as He Tries to Bring Racing to the Continent

Jill Scott’s Break From Music is Part of a Growing Trend of Black Women Pausing With Purpose

Selma Was Not Just History, It Was a Warning

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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