Finding Your Roots
Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada (3 of 10) (#103)
Missing links are found in the family histories of the media legend and the educational superstar. [56 minutes]
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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Barbara... (#103)
Premieres Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:31
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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Michelle... (#110)
Premieres Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:30
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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: John Legend,... (#109)
Premieres Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:31
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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Sanjay Gupta,... (#108)
Premieres Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:31
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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Samuel L.... (#107)
Premieres Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:31
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Series Description: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the 12th and latest series from the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar. In this 10-part series, Professor Gates continues the quest he begun in African American Lives 1 and 2 and Faces of America delving into the genealogy and genetics of an all new group of famous Americans. The series combines history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family, and identity in today's America. Each hour features a different pair of celebrity guests, who are bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link, whether it be as old friends, through long-lost relatives, or even through a common ancestral past.
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