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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.: American Dreams: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    American Dreams

    Sunday
    Jan 11

    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
    Jan 11

    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
    Jan 12

    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
    Jan 12

    1 Hour

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

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Tuesday
    Jan 13

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Tuesday
    Jan 13

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jan 14

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jan 14

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jan 14

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Wednesday
    Jan 14

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Saturday
    Jan 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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Sunday
    Jan 18

    58 Minutes

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Sunday
    Jan 18

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Monday
    Jan 19

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Great Migrations

    Monday
    Jan 19

    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.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Caribbean Roots

    Tuesday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Caribbean Roots

    Tuesday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Caribbean Roots

    Wednesday
    Jan 21

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Caribbean Roots

    Wednesday
    Jan 21

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Caribbean Roots

    Wednesday
    Jan 21

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.

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