March/April 2002 Editor's Note The Jefferson Lecture Resurrecting the Texts This year's Jefferson Lecturer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about building a canon of African American literature. In His Own Words Excerpts from the works of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. African Passages Crocodiles and Canoes From terracotta heads to steel sculptures, a new exhibition takes viewers across seven millennia in the Niger Delta. By Lisa Rogers Voices of the Slave Trade A captive and an owner give firsthand accounts of the transatlantic voyage. By Amy Lifson Safe Harbor A town in Massachusetts opens its doors to fugitive slaves. By Kathryn Grover Urban Blueprint Master of the Skyscraper A designer leaves his imprint on Chicago’s skyline. By David Van Zanten Around the Nation In Focus The humanities go digital in Washington state. By Margaret Ford