| Henry Louis Gates on Black History at Loft |
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On Monday April 16, at 7:00 pm, The Music Hall’s Writers in the Loft series welcomes one of the foremost scholars and critics of our time,
His appearance with Writers in the Loft will take place at The Music Hall Loft at
About the book, LIFE UPON THESE SHORES
This landmark book been heralded as “comprehensive, stunning … like nothing you’ve seen before.” Tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the 2008 Presidential election, LIFE UPON THESE SHORES is informed by the latest scholarship and is sumptuously illustrated with maps, documents, and photographs. The book focuses on history-defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure.
Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, he definitively establishes that there has been no one “black experience” in the
Gates reveals in rich detail the vast range of roles, social perspectives, and pressing issues faced by each generation of African Americans. From politics to entertainment to literature to the fight for equality and social justice, LIFE UPON THESE SHORES includes:
This new work by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force which informs our understanding of history.
About the Author
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is arguably the foremost scholar in the field of African American Studies. He is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at
About Writers in the Loft
Writers in the Loft is akin to The Music Hall’s anchor author series, Writers on a New England Stage, featuring well-known authors but in a smaller, more intimate space. It is produced as a partnership between The Music Hall and RiverRun Bookstore with Series Sponsor Citizens Bank. The series brings audiences today’s top authors, and the best of fiction and nonfiction. Previous writers in the series include Andre Dubus III, Jennifer Egan, Stephen Greenblatt, Chris Bohjalian and Adam Gopnik.
Writers in the Loft Package Purchase
Tickets to Writers in the Loft; Henry Louis Gates are $61 for members of The Music Hall ($64 for general public). Included in the package are a reserved seat, a copy of LIFE UPON THESE SHORES ($50, hardcover), bar beverage; and author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet. Tickets are available through The Music Hall Box Office, located at
WRITERS IN THE LOFT SERIES SPONSOR: Citizens Bank
Praise for LIFE UPON THESE SHORES
“This is not a book to plunk on the coffee table and flip through on occasion. It deserves to be read and read closely.”
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“Henry Louis Gates is a popular historian for good reason. He knows that for history to make a difference, it must be known beyond the college campus. This book is a way of getting that knowledge into everyday conversation.”
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“It is worth a read by all Americans who want to learn where we have been as a nation.”
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