Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. programs back on Passport

Dr. and professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. programs about African American history are returning to Arizona PBS Passport this January.

Dr. Gates is an Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning literary scholar, journalist and cultural critic. He is currently the Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

Members can enjoy past episodes of Dr. Gates’ pivotal and inspiring programs online anytime with Arizona PBS Passport.

“Africa’s Great Civilizations“
• In his six-hour series, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins of art, writing and civilization itself.

“Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise“
• A look at the last five decades of African American history through the eyes of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring the tremendous gains and persistent challenges of these years. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, scholarly analysis and rare archival footage, it illuminates our recent past, while raising urgent questions about the future of the African American community—and our nation as a whole.

“The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song”
• An intimate four-hour series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song” explores the 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft and church pews.

“Finding Your Roots”
• For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

“Reconstruction: America After the Civil War”
• “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.