Henry Louis Gates Ridges Quotations

Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.

It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who translates experience into meaning and meaning into belief.

My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.