Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
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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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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PBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Kevin Bacon... (#104)
Premieres Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. 00:31
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Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis (1 of 10) (#101)
The fascinating history of New Orleans is traced through the family stories of these two musicians. [56 minutes]
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Cory Booker and John Lewis (2 of 10) (#102)
Booker discovers his white great-grandfather and Lewis learns about his ambitious slave ancestors. [56 minutes]
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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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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick (4 of 10) (#104)
The famous actors learn that they both had ancestors who were early opponents of slavery. [56 minutes]
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Angela Buchdahl, Rick Warren and Yasir Qadhi (5 of 10) (#105)
The complex family histories of Warren, Buchdahl and Qadhi deeply shaped their religious beliefs. [56 minutes]
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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey, Jr. (6 of 10) (#106)
The actors learn the rich tapestry of European immigrant stories that make up their family trees. [56 minutes]
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Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons (#107)
The family mysteries of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons are investigated. [56 minutes]
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Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart (8 of 10) (#108)
Catch a glimpse of three distinct experiences of families leaving their homes and becoming American. [56 minutes]
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John Legend, Wanda Sykes and Margarett Cooper (9 of 10) (#109)
The stars discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about. [56 minutes]
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Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez (#110)
The Latin-American roots of these stars reveal stories of ancestral Conquistadors and Indian rebels. [56 minutes]
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