Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph & historian Lonnie Bunch.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch—two African Americans whose ancestors broke boundaries as they moved from slavery to freedom. Traveling from plantations in the south to cities in the north, Gates uses his detective skills to piece together the lives of women and men who survived unimaginable ordeals—and emerged to forge thriving families.
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by...
Finding Your Roots
Moving On Up Preview
Preview: Season 11 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch—two African Americans whose ancestors broke boundaries as they moved from slavery to freedom. Traveling from plantations in the south to cities in the north, Gates uses his detective skills to piece together the lives of women and men who survived unimaginable ordeals—and emerged to forge thriving families.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- In this episode, actors Sheryl Lee Ralph and Historian Lonnie Bunch uncover their roots.
- Well, this is who I am.
- We don't hear these stories.
- Did you know that?
- No idea.
It's very moving.
- You descend from a free person of color.
What's it like to see that?
- That this is my America too.
- I come from people who never gave up.
That's me.
(uplifting music)
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