Hutchins Center for African and African American Research

The The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research is affiliated with Harvard University. It comprises the W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, the Afro-Latin American Research Institute, the Image of the Black Archive & Library, the Project on Race & Gender in Science & Medicine, the History Design Studio and the Jazz Research Initiative.[1]

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the current director of the Hutchins Center.[2]

Background

The center is named in honor of a $15 million gift from the Hutchins Family Foundation, which was endowed by Glenn Hutchins, who co-founded technology investment company Sliver Lake and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1977 and graduate degrees in law and business in 1983.[3]

Videos

The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research's YouTube page is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/HutchinsCenter/featured[4]

References
  1. From the Hutchins Center for African & African Research website https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/home
  2. Hutchins Center for African and African American Research website on Henry Louis Gates Jr., https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/henry-louis-gates-jr
  3. from Boston.com, "Harvard announces launch of Hutchins Center for African and African American Research through $15m gift, "http://archive.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2013/09/harvard_announces_launch_of_hutchins_center_for_african_and_african_american_research_through_15m_gi.html
  4. https://www.youtube.com/c/HutchinsCenter/featured
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