| Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Born: 16-Sep-1950
Birthplace: Keyser, WV
Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Columnist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Signifying Monkey Right leg is two inches shorter than his left, stemming from a misdiagnosed childhood sports injury, hence his nickname "Skip".
In 1983, Gates rediscovered the first book published in America by a black person, Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig (1859).
Father: Henry Louis Gates, Sr.
Mother: Pauline Augusta Coleman
Wife: Sharon Lynn Adams (m. 1979, two daughters)
University: BA History, Yale University
University: PhD English, Clare College, Cambridge University
Professor: African and African American Studies Chair, Harvard University (1991-)
Bretton Woods Committee
Friends of Hillary
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc. Board of Directors
Hillary Clinton for President
Institute for Jewish Research Board of Overseers
National Constitution Center Board of Trustees
Obama for America
MacArthur Fellowship 1981
National Humanities Medal 1998
Polk Award Social Commentary 1992
Sierra Leone Ancestry Mende tribe
Author of books:
The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism (1989)
Colored People: A Memoir (1994, memoir)
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