Henry Louis Gates Quotes:
Ocupation: Literary critic
Life: b. September 16, 1950
Birthday: September 16
I thought, "why don't we be innovative and create something nobody had ever done before?" It was a huge hit and we immediately did a sequel with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner and Maya Angelou.
source: "Black Ancestry Matters on 'Finding Your Roots'". Interview with Alexandra Phanor-Faury, www.ebony.com. January 26, 2016. 
topic: Rocks, Done, Innovative, Turner, Angelou, Freeman
