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.

The Microsoft cofounder talked about his "pretty ideal" childhood, with one shocking loss, at a Harvard Book Store event on Monday evening.

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

Finding Your Roots” fans have waited 10 long months since the PBS series filmed the Jane Gates family downtown, but the show is now just weeks away. The season 11 finale, “Finding My Roots,” will air ...

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 ...

Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey are the two latest celebrities to discover that their family tree is bigger than they knew.

Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, historian, and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his "Great Migrations" docuseries at Michigan Central Station. The PBS docuseries “Great Migrations: People on the Move” examines the historic migration of ...

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

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of married actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.