Henry Louis Gates Speaking Fee: $75,000 to $100,000
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BOS - Boston, MA
Primary Topic Category:
Journalists / News Media / Global Outlook / Current Events
Secondary Topic Category:
African American & Black
Henry Louis Gates Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an acclaimed cultural critic and institution builder. Professor Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. He has also produced and hosted an array of documentary films. His latest history series for PBS is Making Black America: Through the Grapevine. Finding Your Roots, Gates’s groundbreaking genealogy and genetics series, is now in its tenth season on PBS. A consummate scholar and esteemed public intellectual, Professor Gates is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for his riveting addresses.
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