‘A Conversation with” MeN Gates: Thursday, March 4th, IPM - 4PM sects of African Americans Liberian hi: ‘Geneal and our an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor and public intellectual. Mr. Gates was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and development of academic institutions to study black culture. Dr. Gates serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Michael Kinsley referred to him as "the nation’s most famous black scholar.” G GeorgaStale | COLLEGE oF IAITO/” G Iniversity. | EDUCATION Arts | TRE Educational Poly Studs Deparment For more info about LIDF visit wwwliperiafoundiationorg