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The African-American century :how Black Americans have shaped our country

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Main Author: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Other Authors: West, Cornel
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2000.
Subjects:
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African Americans > History > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > Afro-American influences.
United States > Civilization > 20th century.
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Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:414 p.: ill.
ISBN:0684864142
Author Notes:Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia. He received a degree in history from Yale University in 1973 and a Ph.D. from Clare College, which is part of the University of Cambridge in 1979. He is a leading scholar of African-American literature, history, and culture. He began working on the Black Periodical Literature Project, which uncovered lost literary works published in 1800s. He rediscovered what is believed to be the first novel published by an African-American in the United States. He republished the 1859 work by Harriet E. Wilson, entitled Our Nig, in 1983.

He has written numerous books including Colored People: A Memoir, A Chronology of African-American History, The Future of the Race, Black Literature and Literary Theory, and The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. In 1991, he became the head of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. He is now the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at the university.

He wrote and produced several documentaries including Wonders of the African World, America Beyond the Color Line, and African American Lives. He has also hosted PBS programs such as Wonders of the African World, Black in Latin America, and Finding Your Roots.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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