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A native of Piedmont, West Virginia, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. earned his B.A. in History, summa cum laude, from Yale University in 1973, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Clare College at Cambridge in 1979, where he is also an Honorary Fellow. A former chair of the Pulitzer Prize board, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and serves on a wide array of boards, including the New York Public Library, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Aspen Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of America, and The Studio Museum of Harlem. Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gate's most recent books are "The Black Box: Writing the Race," "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow," and "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This is Our Song."
The evening will be moderated by Marshall University President, Brad D. Smith. For tickets, call 304.696.6656.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Joan C Edwards Playhouse, 1672 6th Ave, Huntington, WV 25703-1427, United States,Huntington, West Virginia
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