Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Henry Louis Gates
Born: September 16, 1950 (age 74)
Bio: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. is an American literary critic, professor, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual.
Known for:
- The Signifying Monkey (1988)
- Colored People: A Memoir (1994)
- Wonders of the African world (1999)
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man (1997)