But the work is far from over, he added.
"In many ways, we have barely begun," he said.
The series of panels and events that followed featured a dizzying array of department scholars and affiliates, as well as other luminaries, including singer Jessye Norman and musician Quincy Jones.
On Friday night, University and Time-Warner officials announced that the Time Warner Endowment would fund a Quincy Jones Professorship of African-American Music.
Jones was on hand at a press conference at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel to receive the honor (see related story).
Gerald M. Levin, Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner, was also present at the conference.
"Our conviction [is] that what's been created here at Harvard through Skip Gates is extraordinary," Levin said.
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