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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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August 7, 2013

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The 400-Day Target Boycott Was More Effective Than You Think

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Scary On-Air Incident During News Broadcast Finally Explained

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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