Henry Louis Gates Quotes

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.

Henry Louis Gates

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  Henry Louis Gates
  • Children
  • Black
  • Poverty