LOOKING FOR LINCOLN presenter and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to talk about the documentary and his new book, Lincoln on Race & Slavery.

On the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” to talk about LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, Lincoln’s role in the end of slavery, and the ...

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 ... who was born in Ireland on the Gates line. Gates is not even my real name. [My real name] is one of the big reveals. But it’s very special and very moving and quite ...