Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

  • Voices in black and white / moderated by Lewis H. Lapham.

    Panel of American writers discuss race relations in the United States. They address such questions as why neither of the major 1992 Presidential candidates discusses the Los Angeles uprising, the underlying factors of racial conflict, and how United States society can move beyond tired, old rhetoric to face the realities of racism.|VOICES IN BLACK AND…

  • A Conversation on Blacks and Jews / Henry Louis “Skip” Gates and Alan Gershowitz.

    Debate between W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities at Harvard, Dr. Henry Gates, and Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard, Dr. Alan Gershowitz. They explore the relationship between the African-American and Jewish communities, such as: differences between their approach to United States politics (both past and present), and whether or nor an alliance is possible…