But maybe youre thinking, But Im not here for a research report. But I think that you should have to get permission before someone is creeping around in your DNA. War, Thinking, Civilization. And he mustered in in Winchester, Va., on Christmas Day, 1778, and was mustered down the Continental Army in April of 1784. Without the research, citations, and analysis in the report, conclusions are not possible. But I think that Donald Trump's rhetoric and some of his actions - for instance, after Charlottesville - encourage unfavorable race relations in the United States. And your father was a tailor, which is why we GATES: And my mother went to Atlantic City. Some genealogists even offer digital or e-book options! All Rights Reserved. So I'm out there. And consequently, you are now a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an author, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and literary critic. Listen 9:01. My great-great-grandfather's now been found. Well talk with Gates about the process of finding . And she throws herself on the casket. Strangely enough, he and the Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested him, Sgt. For tips, you can check out my three-part series of blog posts about How to Find a Professional Genealogist. No one's ever asked me that, but the answer's yes because I studied with a person who has been on your show, Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, when I went to the University of Cambridge. I could've won the Nobel Prize, and somebody would say congratulations. "My idea was that I would reveal where in Africa, on a guest mother's mother's line, they had hailed from. PBS has delayed scheduling the show's third season. His dynasty lasted for centuries, continuing up until the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland at the end of the 16th century. That indicates that they do them regularly, which is a positive sign. And I'm wondering if being laid up from an injury for a while affected your desire to - and your time to immerse yourself in books. As host of the PBS series Finding Your Roots, Gates tells celebrities about their family history. It's a lot of data to process. My mother was a seamstress, as you know. Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts the program, butas I understand ithe does not do the research into the guests family histories himself. To put it simply, Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a man who knows his history, and if knowledge is power, he is a powerful man indeed. GATES: Now, we don't do blood anymore, right? And I learned a lot about the medium. So lets look at some numbers! When my daughters were born, I had them tested for sickle cell because - black people are not the only people in the world that have sickle cell. And I have my mother's certificate from this vocational school where she learned to be a seamstress. Why are they so expensive? Old photographs are usually kept in families and passed down through the generations, so family albums and attics are the most logical place to look for them. All that was on still in 1965 in syndication. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots, uncovering primal scenes from our nation's past. And a doctor from the Philippines taught me to play chess at West Virginia University Medical Center in Morgantown, W.Va. And he'd come around in rounds. supervising producer (32 episodes, 2014-2023) . That's a long time when you're young. DAVIES: Henry Louis Gates speaking with Terry Gross in May of last year. GATES: And we - they only put - remember "The Late Show"? That's how much the science of genetics has changed in terms of the retail market since 2009. This kind of research has been especially important for African-Americans whose ancestors had their names and families taken away when they were enslaved. She was smart and she went to college, which was unusual for a woman in that era. 'The Simpsons' Brings Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s 'Finding Your Roots' to Springfield (EXCLUSIVE) Variety - Michael Schneider 2d There have been a lot of TV crossover episodes over the years, but this may be the most unique one yet: PBS' "Finding Your Roots" and host Dr. Henry DEGGANS: Well, PBS has insisted on some changes. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Greg Moore, Arizona Republic. So what that means is that it's the percent of - if you had a perfect family tree, what percent would be from sub-Saharan Africa? DEGGANS: Well, I'm not really sure. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. GATES: Our TV - when we woke up, the TV was on, and nobody ever turned it off until you went to sleep. So PBS started an internal investigation to figure out what happened, and then on Wednesday they issued their findings. But on the other hand, you can't say that biology doesn't matter because it does matter. I regret we are out of time. Jan 18, 2012. It was just misdiagnosed. The daughter of prominent black scholar and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said her father's arrest last week at his Cambridge home has deeply saddened him . Thank you for being you. And my mother used to write the eulogies, the obituaries for all the black people in the Potomac Valley, where I grew up. I've been looking all over Africa and I couldn't find anybody, so I ended up here. If you dislike a persons writing style, or if you have difficulty understanding what theyre saying, its probably not a good idea to hire them to write a 100-page book for you. She paid cash for that house in what was largely a white neighborhood. And I think that that's sad. Thank God. This is FRESH AIR. You were 9 years old when you found her picture. Henry Louis Gates, (born Sept. 16, 1950, Keyser, W.Va., U.S.), U.S. critic and scholar. You might have breast cancer. in Keyser, West Virginia, USA , United States (72 years), This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Henry Louis GATES (1950), Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0. My momma called me Skippy from the time I was born. GROSS: Yeah. So I just wrote an essay that was published by Yale University Press about race. You can say on the one hand that race is a social construction. GATES: I said, thank God. My mother used to read me - the greatest book ever written to me was "The Poky Little Puppy," right? So I thought that I had a pretty good chance. Woodson was "keenly aware of the role of politics in the classroom," said Gates . So then I became close to them but in two completely different ways. "My favorite class was an ancient history class in the fifth grade when I was 10 years old. January 16, 2018. African-American - I love to joke about this. And then it was a property requirement. If you hadnt already guessed, family history books tend to be expensive. GATES: He wasn't even out the door, and I moved into his bedroom. And that is the lesson of "Finding Your Roots. And that is a long time. And she invents this pancake mix, and they become fabulously wealthy. What is race? And she dies of a broken heart because her little girl passes for white and goes off - and never sees her again. Would you do it? Published February 4, 2023 at 1:25 PM AKST. The show tends to highlight only a couple of ancestors for televisiona smart strategy, because it allows the shows researchers to allocate larger chunks of time towards researching the most interesting people. A family history book is like the entire car. The supposedly fearless leader battled the English, the Scots, the French and even the Romans, and struck fear into the heart of his enemies. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Now she was born in 1819; died in 1888. He was there in exile because he had been in prison and to be offering civil war for 27 months and was given a fellowship at the University of Cambridge. A family history book typically displays the conclusions about your family history, without overly emphasizing what went into reaching those conclusions. And you - the last scene is the funeral. And we're listening to Terry's interview with Henry Louis Gates. Even the quality of the book design, paper, binding, etc., will vary substantially between a $5k and a $50k book. And it's for my father. It doesn't exist. Here to talk about the controversy is NPR TV critic, Eric Deggans. There have been a lot of TV crossover episodes over the years, but this may be the most unique one yet: PBS' "Finding Your Roots" and host Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. will make a major appearance on Fox's "The Simpsons" this Sunday. I told them that I did not want to know if I had any of the sort of - I don't know - the slam-dunk genes for Alzheimer's disease. S9 E2 - 52m 11s. So that was a steal. An error has occured while loading the map. His mother cleaned . So obviously rape or, at best, cajoled sexuality was the cause, but there are exceptions. Isn't that a cool thing? Ahead of the latest episode on PBS, which features Brian Cox and Viola Davis, Gates Jr. sat down with Newsweek to discuss the origins of the show, and why it's superior to other ancestry shows on TV. Testing showed he had ancestors from sub-Saharan Africa, Ireland and England. So the two men who took part in what is now an infamous confrontation outside the Gates home near Harvard this month are actually related through common Irish lineage -- one of the more extraordinary aspects of the incident that has sparked worldwide headlines. a book. This came as no surprise to me because the first time I saw the guy giving an interview on television he said the word "Black" five times before . (Read Henry . If you have an ancestor that you are particularly interested in, its a good idea to let your genealogist know. GROSS: Yeah. Now, Gates himself has put out a statement about the investigation, apologizing for not being transparent about his editing decisions, but in it that apology, he never says that the pressure from Affleck was the direct reason why he edited-out the slavery material. Family history books can vary widely from one genealogist to the next, but they may resemble chapter- or coffee-table books with sections devoted to your ancestors. Famed Harvard University Professor Henry Louis 'Skip' Gates Jr. got a major surprise when he started researching his own ancestry - in his . Related Links. Last year, Gates uncovered a manuscript of a novel purportedly written in the 1850s by an African American woman who had been a slave. CORNISH: That's NPR's TV critic, Eric Deggans. So overseer, slave plantation - rape, right? Lucy was the daughter of Lou Isaac Clifford and Elizabeth Jane Redman. My father loved sports, and I didn't care about sports that much. We wanted to see what more we could tell Ben Affleck about the roots of his family's interest in social justice. In a real book from a genealogist, context like that provided by Mr. Gates on the show would be written down, so that you could read the book yourself without needing an interpreter to explain things. (Preston Crawley) "I love being in Utah because I love genealogy," Henry Louis Gates Jr. said as he addressed BYU . 799. OK. The story of Niall of the Nine Hostages is already the stuff of legend, which has been passed on to countless Irish schoolchildren over the years. Then he'd come back. 1913 June 8, 1913. And the title is Race Is A Social Construction, But Mutations Are Real" (ph). Terry spoke to Henry Louis Gates in front of an audience last May when he was in Philadelphia to receive WHYY's annual Lifelong Learning Award. You know, I try to - doing "Finding Your Roots" is a way to paying homage to my mother and father every year. So to me, it leaves open a question of whether or not letting Affleck lobby Gates was the problem or having him actually pressure them and get them to change the material was the problem. Gates learned that he is part of a genetic subgroup that may be descended from or related to the fourth-century Irish king, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Family history books are most similar to the Books of Life featured on the show, so Ill be talking about them here. And we'd have the chess board set up. So you GATES: Because of this white man. And then when we go - when you were buried, she would stand up. One thing they dont cover on Finding Your Roots is how much it would cost to get a similar experience in real life. I said, well, I've never met Donald Trump. And that night - and then daddy showed my brother and me, Dr. Paul Gates now, chief of dentistry at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital GATES: Well, it's the spirit of my mother. Accuracy and availability may vary. I only did black people. Elizabeth Shotbolt , Phillip Fordham, Bridget Shelley , Anthony Hungerford. (SOUNDBITE OF ALLEN TOUSSAINT'S "EGYPTIAN FANTASY"). When I was a boy, I was closer to my mother than my father. And my brother went off to dental school. The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. By Emily Guskin, Mahvish Shahid Khan and Amy Mitchell. His expertise and experience eventually led him to TV, where he started working as a . GATES: You know, I'm totally exposed. DEGGANS: Yeah, that's true. Thank you. Gates was born in Keyser, West Virginia, to Henry Louis Gates Sr. (c.1913-2010) and his wife Pauline Augusta (Coleman) Gates (1916-1987). And I couldn't imagine what, but two sets of those fourth great-grandparents are from my mother's line. What percent would be Native American? Henry Louis Gates Jr. addressing a class at Harvard in 1996. . Or they stayed home, and they drew. But this week, Gates's wish came true. So (laughter) given the example that President Obama set in calming down that kind of argument in America over you and this officer, what do you hear now coming from our president? Things change. GROSS: OK, for two weeks. Variety has an exclusive first look at Gates' appearance; scroll down for [] - Part 01 HD Watch. CLIP. And the reason I wanted to be a writer is that my mother wrote so beautifully and read so beautifully. ", Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. Watch the full episode at PBS.org/FindingYourRoots. He reflects on his own history and some of the more controversial aspects of DNA testing. And when this little girl's passing for - she passes for white and breaks her mother's heart. He is a Trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In my experience, cousins are usually more receptive to requests for pictures from known family members (as opposed to friendly but unfamiliar genealogists). John Lithgow and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. are DNA cousins! Season 9 of "Finding Your Roots" on PBS has seen actors Danny Trejo and Julia Roberts discover more about their family history. In 1970, he received a fellowship from Yale that would allow him to work and travel in Africa. So I want to read something that you wrote about her. So I'm telling this story over and over of my - of rediscovering my own lost roots. Genealogy is one of those things that you can keep doing forever, so itll be up to you, your genealogist, and your budget to determine a good stopping point for your project. And so then they came in - this is a big deal back in 2008. (Well cover how to hire a genealogist later in this blog post.). And it's just crazy. So everybody who showed up on this continent is from someplace else. GROSS: Is that too personal? *48.6% Sub-Saharan African. . And I showed up from Yale, and he became my mentor. GROSS: Yeah. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, Watch: Ed Norton reacts to slave-owning ancestors in "Finding Your Roots". GATES: Well, the average African-American GATES: The average African-American is 24 percent European. Every reveal [on Finding Your Roots] is another chapter in world history. He serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Presented and written by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., this series journeys deep into the ancestry of a group of remarkable individuals and provides new understanding of personal identity and American history. And just the optics of a seeing a rich, white movie star pressure a black historian into suppressing information about this guy's slave-owning past and his family, that's really bad on all kinds of levels. And we have a wall of degrees at home. You might have prostate cancer that runs in your family. And I was in the hospital for six weeks. And on my desk set a red Webster's dictionary. Unfortunately Gates failed in delivering on this, and instead left the . And when I was a young teenager, early adolescence, my father and I connected through the news. - like the Aunt Jemima figure. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "FINDING YOUR ROOTS"). . He loved the news. And then you see this white girl next to Claudette Colbert. DEGGANS: Well, Professor Gates has a reputation as one of the country's leading historians, so the question of his ethical standards is kind of important. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over the course of his many years hosting history and genealogy shows on PBS, scholar and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. has guided dozens of people through emotional deep dives into their family histories, unearthed with the help of DNA and a team of expert . And I realized only recently that though I was raised to be a doctor, deep down, I really wanted to be a writer. And most DNA companies in the United States will tell you that they have never tested an African-American who is 100 percent from sub-Saharan Africa. I go, goodbye. In a piece Henry wrote for The Daily Beast in February 2021 about Black churches and their "cultural ties" to Africa, Henry dipped into his personal life. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover . You know, and your family was, one of them anyways, was in the Revolutionary War. But then President Obama called you both together. As you can imagine, there's a bit of you get what you pay for here, with the most expensive books being the most customized (although there are some grifters out there, which I explain how to spot below). They know about their heritage.' And then black people would tell each other - they would say, you know, be sure to watch "The Late Late Show" tonight because "Imitation Of Life," which is my favorite film - 1934, with Claudette Colbert. well-spoken characters in his father's tales actually existed and were related to him." view all Henry Louis Gates, Sr.'s Timeline. The Bondwomans Narrative by Hannah Crafts, edited by Henry Louis Gates, has just been published (Warner Books). NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. He was 97, as you said. It measures your ancestry back 500 years approximately. And I was shocked by that. But I also watched TV. GATES: Right after the Beer Summit, it all went away. GATES: Maybe for Christmas, OK, that's fine (laughter). Gates has apologized for not being more transparent in handling a controversial episode of the series he hosts on PBS, Finding Your Roots. GATES: So obviously somebody gave her that money. She was quite a lady. And what's the real showstopper for me is the fact that my three sets of my fourth great grandparents lived 18 miles from where I was born. And he, and you, the officer and Joe Biden sat down, had a beer or two. Well, I'll tell you a funny story. On Finding Your Roots, researchers may spend upwards of 100 hours or more on a single guests tree and DNA analysis combined (or so Ive heard). It is the first known work of its kind and has great historical and literary significance. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored 17 books and created 14 documentary films . But the ancestry is being investigated against the will of the people being outed. It may include images of records, text, a family tree chart, maps, and any number of other elements related to your family history (though some family history books contain very few images). GROSS: So having done your, like, ancestry and everything, were you close to your parents? Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. It's a gift - and for my mom. Was this an equal sexual relationship? After another successful round with African American Lives 2, with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou and more, Gates Jr. was given an instruction by PBS. A plaque was unveiled in Cambridge in honour of Crummell and two other black pioneers: Gloria Carpenter . There we go. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over the course of his many years hosting history and genealogy shows on PBS, scholar and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. has guided dozens of people through emotional deep dives into their family histories, unearthed with the help of DNA and a team of expert . There is also the question of What is exhaustive? when it comes to family tree research. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. His father worked in a paper mill and moonlighted as a janitor, while his mother cleaned houses, as described in his memoir Colored People (1994). They had a medical doctor who specializes in sharing this information. And the first thing they said was, you don't have any of the genes that's going to give you Alzheimer's. Gates Jr., a self-confessed fan of Succession, was thrilled when Cox agreed to do the show, and shared a behind-the-scenes video of the segment on Twitter on Monday. Maria Hinojosas Great-Great-Grandfather Was a Railway CEO, Maria Hinojosa Discovers Her Ancestor Founded a City, John Lithgows Family Fled The Dominican Republic. Henry Louis Gates Jr. doesn't seem too worried about "critical race theory" or "white fragility" or "woke warriors" or any of those ridiculous buzzwords that get tossed around when . executive producer (40 episodes, 2012-2023) Dyllan McGee . GATES: For which she paid cash. Two men at the center of the controversy are linked by their Irish heritage. I love you. And she's the cook for Claudette Colbert. We'll hear more after a short break. And I make it every week over and over with "Finding Your Roots.". He introduced the notion of signifyin' to represent African and African American literary and musical history as a continuing reflection and reinterpretation of what has come before. He is a Trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr S01 - Ep02 Mayor Cory Booker - Rep. John Lewis. GATES: I did an episode with Oprah and Quincy Jones and Bishop T.D. GROSS: But you had family that passed for white. I found the first edition when I was an adult. Now think about that. You know, no matter how different we appear phenotypically, under the skin we're 99.99 percent the same. It is also the name of Irish pubs all over the world. GATES: And then there was "The Late Late Show." 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