Henry Louis Gates
TV Show Host

Henry Louis Gates Net Worth

Henry Louis Gates is an influential African-American author, scholar, and TV show host with a net worth of $1 million. Born in 1950, Gates has written extensively about race, politics, history, and culture, and his scholarly publication, The Signifying Monkey, won the American Book Award in 1989. He is a public intellectual who has hosted several PBS miniseries and continues to be a prominent figure in the African-American community.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 16, 1950
Birth Place WV
Age 73 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $1 million (2024)

About

Influential African-American author, scholar, PBS miniseries host, and public intellectual who wrote about race, politics, history, and culture. His scholarly publication, The Signifying Monkey, won the American Book Award in 1989.

Before Fame

He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, where he also completed a doctoral dissertation on Afro-American Studies. He later taught at Cornell, Duke, and Harvard.

Trivia

He was erroneously arrested outside his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after someone called in a complaint of an attempted break-in. The 2009 arrest led to a charged debate about the racist attitudes of law enforcement officials.

Family Life

He described his West Virginia childhood in his popular memoir, Colored People. He had two daughters with his wife, Sharon Lynn Adams. He and Adams later divorced.

Associated With

After being arrested for "breaking into" his own home, he went on Oprah Winfrey's talk show to discuss race relations.

About the author

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