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  • You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know?

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    Henry Louis Gates
    "35 Million Ways to Be Black". Interview with Adam Hochschild, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.
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Henry Louis Gates

  • Born: September 16, 1950
  • Occupation: Literary critic
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