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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Tracking the Family History of Slaves

by PBSParents.org, Posted May 24th 2011 5:00PM

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. One of the transformative moments of my life occurred when my grandfather, Edward Gates, died in 1960. I was 10 years old, and, following his burial, my father showed me my grandfather's scrapbooks. There, buried ...As a parent, as well as an historian, I also encourage you to introduce your children to their family history.

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