Henry Louis Gates, Jr. attends ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross’ New York Series Premiere at the Paris Theater on October 16, 2013 in New York City *The history of blacks in the United States does not start in 1620 with the arrival of the first 20 Africans in Jamestown. The first African to […]
After a tragedy like the Trayvon Martin killing, calls routinely arise for a conversation about race. But Henry Louis Gates says a more direct way for change is through schools and their curriculum. That’s what this historian-filmmaker is hoping will happen with “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” a six-hour documentary series tracing 500 years of black history. […]
