Born a slave, Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895) educated
himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in
American history.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor, is the Alphonse Fletcher
University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for
African and African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural
critic, and institution builder, Gates has authored or coauthored
twenty-one books and created fifteen documentary films.
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