Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...

Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy and Peabody Award ...

NEWARK — When Henry Louis Gates Jr. was nine-years-old he made the mistake of laughing at how white his grandfather looked in his coffin. "He was so white we called him 'Casper'", Gates told a ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. says his interest in genealogy began at an early age, looking at information about his own family’s history. (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images) By Martin Miller .

CORNISH: Henry Louis Gates Jr., thank you so much for speaking with us, for sharing this story. GATES: Thank you. CORNISH: "The Black Church" - it's both a documentary series on PBS and a new book ...

Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a one-of-a-kind musical celebration that honors the legacy and influence of Gospel music in America.

For 10 seasons and 106 episodes, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people explore their family history on “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,” the PBS series that has ...

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’ In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality ...