Henry Louis Gates Jr. the host and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated PBS show Finding Your Roots, traveled to the Vatican on July 5 to meet with Pope Leo XIV to present his genealogical ...

Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans. Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., ...

Interview with African American scholar Henry Louis Gates by Bruce Cole. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...

For years, academics, historians, and activists have debated the idea of the U.S. paying reparations to the descendants of African slaves. Now that President Obama is in office, some say this is the ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, and Hilary Clinton, among others Henry Louis Gates Jr. the ...

Foreword : The politics of "Negro folklore" / by Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Introduction : Recovering a cultural tradition / by Maria Tatar -- AFRICAN TALES. Making sense of the world with Anansi : ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his lineage, which includes Black ancestry. On July 10, Finding Your Roots host ...

In the Tennessean the other day, Gannett syndicated columnist DeWayne Wickham denounced the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. by the Cambridge police. Gist of his story: A white cop ...

*A 2014 “Finding Your Roots,” episode about Ben Affleck’s ancestors apparently left out a key detail that has now come to light. Messages uncovered from emails linked to the Sony Pictures email ...

The Jefferson Educational Society's 2025 Global Summit in Erie features a lineup of prominent speakers. The series aims to bring nationally recognized thought-leaders to the Erie community to discuss ...