What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.
Henry Louis GatesSo many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
Henry Louis GatesSo, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we preserve them through fiction, through film, through comic books, and every other form of media we can possibly utilize to perpetuate the story of the great African-American people.
Henry Louis Gates