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Informationen zum Autor Meg Greene is an independent scholar and prolific biographer. She is the author of biographies on Jane Goodall, Mother Teresa, and Pope John Paul II for Greenwood Press. Klappentext This full-length biography explores the multifaceted-and altogether fascinating-life, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: A Biography is the first comprehensive volume about a man hailed as one of America's most influential scholars. Tracing Gates's life from his West Virginia birth, the book follows him through his undergraduate education at Yale and then to Cambridge, where he became the first African American to receive a doctorate. His current activities as a Harvard University professor, director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, and editor-in-chief of TheRoot.com, a daily, online magazine focusing on issues of interest to the African American community, are explored as well.The biography also provides insights into Gates's groundbreaking work as a critic, scholar, and author, probing his wide-ranging interests, his many accomplishments, and his invaluable revelations about the contributions of African Americans to the nation's literature and history. Most important, the book provides readers with a fuller understanding of African American history and literature-and of the nature of today's racial politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Chapter 1 "Sepia Time" Chapter 2 School Days Chapter 3 Directions to Destiny Chapter 4 A Quest for Identity Chapter 5 New Directions Chapter 6 Taking Back the Past Chapter 7 The Literary Archaeologist Chapter 8 Building a Dream Chapter 9 "Academostar" Chapter 10 "You Can't Do Everything" Selected Bibliography Index ...
