![]() ![]() in History, summa cum laude, from Yale University in 1973, and his M.A. A native of Piedmont, West Virginia, Gates earned his B.A. Gates was a member of the first class awarded “genius grants” by the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, and in 1998 he became the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. from his alma mater, the University of Cambridge. He is a recipient of a number of honorary degrees, most recently a Litt.D. He has also produced and hosted more than 20 documentary films, most recently Making Black America on PBS.įinding Your Roots, his groundbreaking genealogy and genetics series, is heading into its ninth season. ![]()
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