While the Harvard professor was hugely surprised by the docuseries' nomination, he tells PEOPLE he understands why it's now being recognized When Henry Louis Gates, Jr. woke up this morning ...

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 ...

So proposes the legendary Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his searching new book, “The Black Box: Writing the Race ...

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., is very much like being welcomed into his guest’s seat. I immediately tell the warm, affable academic that I’m far more interested in a conversation about how he ...

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 ...

“I know our stories speak to people because I am stopped everywhere by old and young; white and Black; Christian, and Hindu, and they say, ‘We love your show,'” Dr. Henry Louis ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of married actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard—a married couple who discover that their ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.

We take a retrospective look at cultural historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. and how his work has made history come alive for millions of Americans.