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I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, You can like Mozart and ice hockey... - and then I used to say golf, but Tiger took over golf! - and Picasso and still be as black as the ace of spades.
Henry Louis Gates
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Henry Louis Gates
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 16
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My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.
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