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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.: The Road We Took: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    The Road We Took

    Sunday
    Jun 7

    1 Hour

    Mapping the roots of actress Lizzy Caplan and comic Hasan Minhaj, moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Road We Took: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    The Road We Took

    Monday
    Jun 8

    1 Hour

    Mapping the roots of actress Lizzy Caplan and comic Hasan Minhaj, moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Road We Took: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    The Road We Took

    Monday
    Jun 8

    1 Hour

    Mapping the roots of actress Lizzy Caplan and comic Hasan Minhaj, moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Tuesday
    Jun 9

    1 Hour

    America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Wednesday
    Jun 10

    1 Hour

    America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Sunday
    Jun 14

    1 Hour

    America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Monday
    Jun 15

    1 Hour

    America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Monday
    Jun 15

    1 Hour

    America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Great Migrations: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Tuesday
    Jun 16

    1 Hour

    Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Great Migrations: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Tuesday
    Jun 16

    1 Hour

    Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Great Migrations: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jun 17

    1 Hour

    Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Great Migrations: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jun 17

    1 Hour

    Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.

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