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Finding Your Roots

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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Schedule

  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Fighters

    Sunday
    Dec 14

    1 Hour

    Terry Crews and Tony Danza discover they are not the first in their families to overcome adversity.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Forgotten Journeys

    Sunday
    Dec 21

    1 Hour

    John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Forgotten Journeys

    Monday
    Dec 22

    1 Hour

    John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Forgotten Journeys

    Monday
    Dec 22

    1 Hour

    John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors.

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