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Gates has applied Structuralism , Post-structuralism and Semiotics to textual analysis and matters of identity politics. He hosted '' America Beyond The Color Line '' and '' African American Lives '' for PBS .

He originated the application of the concept of " Signifyin(g) " to African-American literary criticism and history. In 1981, Gates was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship .

In 1997 Gates was voted one of Time Magazine 's "25 Most Influential Americans."

In recent years Gates has become a strong supporter of Fred Newman and Lenora Fulani 's All Stars Project , a controversial youth charity based in New York City. In 2005, Gates joined the board of directors of All Stars. {Link without Title}


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  • '''', winner of the American Book Award

  • ''Black Literature and Literary Theory'' editor

  • ''Colored People: A Memoir'' (1994)

  • ''Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self''

  • ''Norton Anthology of African American Literature'' co-edited with Nellie Y. McKay.

  • ''Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man'' Vintage; Reprint edition (1998) ISBN 0679776664


He has also edited ''Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave''.


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