Author: Henry Louis Gates

Quotes

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

- Henry Louis Gates

If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA.

If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA.

- Henry Louis Gates

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

- Henry Louis Gates

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