In 2025, the Vilcek Foundation awards the $100,000 prize to Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. with the Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship. Dr. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University ...

Speaking with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., the billionaire opened up about his childhood therapy sessions, his sometimes rocky relationship with his parents and teachers, and the grief ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets. Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities ...

If “Great Migrations: A People on the Move” had followed Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s original schedule, it would have aired on PBS years ago. However, Donald Trump’s election in 2016 ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his "Great Migrations" docuseries at Michigan Central Station. The PBS docuseries “Great Migrations: People on the Move” examines the historic migration of ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets. Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities ...