Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
The ancestral pasts of married Hollywood actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
Previews + Extras
Not a Dumb Critter
S1 E4 - 1m 50s
Kyra Sedgwick learns about the slave, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman who, after hearing the Declaration of Independence, turns to Kyra's ancestor, the well-known attorney Theodore Sedgwick, to help secure her freedom.
Education | Slavery in the North
S1 E4 - 5m 26s
A look at slavery in the North and the views and actions of Quakers including Kevin Bacon's ancestor Samuel Atkinson.
Education | After Slavery
S1 E4 - 2m 55s
A look at President Lincoln's appeal to the nation to rebuild after the Civil War and the response to his request by Kevin Bacon's ancestor Lydia Atkinson and other Quakers.
Children Keep Going
S1 E4 - 1m 7s
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice remembers the September 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church which killed four young black girls. Rice was 9 years old at the time of the bombing.
Education | Mumbet
S1 E4 - 4m 42s
An overview of the story of a slave named Mumbet and the role that Kyra's ancestor played in helping secure her freedom.
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