Finding Your Roots

Anchored to the Past

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.

Anchored to the Past

52m 10s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.

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    Anchored to the Past Preview

    S7 E8 - 30s

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.

  • DNA Match: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    DNA Match

    S7 E8 - 1m 35s

    Don Lemon finds out that he is a descendent of the white man who owned his maternal ancestors.

  • Don’s Dad and the Civil Rights Movement: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Don’s Dad and the Civil Rights Movement

    S7 E8 - 1m 24s

    Don Lemon discovers his late father was a trailblazer during the Civil Rights Movement, filing a lawsuit in Baton Rouge to desegregate the public transportation buses.

  • Main Motor’s History: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Main Motor’s History

    S7 E8 - 1m 33s

    Gretchen Carlson learns that her great grandparents separated, and her great grandmother raised their children on her own.

  • Shame Hurts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Shame Hurts

    S7 E8 - 1m 48s

    Gretchen Carlson explains the emotions she felt towards her former pageantry journey as Miss America.

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    Tenacity in the Genes

    S7 E8 - 1m 46s

    Gretchen Carlson learns she may have inherited her tenacity and assertiveness from her ancestors, who bravely fought in the civil war.

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