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2. List of Finding Your Roots episodes - Wikipedia

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   John Legend and Wanda Sykes [1] explore their rich and extensive free negro heritages. Margarett Cooper also makes an appearance in this episode, appearing only a year before her death in 2013. [2] In keeping with the theme of the episode, Cooper seeks help from Gates to answer long-held questions about her free heritage.

3. Finding Your Roots - Wikipedia

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   Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...

4. EXCLUSIVE: Did ‘Finding Your Roots’ give author Amy Tan her ...

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   The 72-year-old sat down with the show's host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., for the Jan. 21 episode of the PBS series to trace her family tree and learn more about her ancestors.

5. 'Finding Your Roots' takes a look at Wes Studi's past, gets ...

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   Studi will appear on the PBS series, "Finding Your Roots," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. The episode will also be available to stream on the PBS app.

6. PBS says Ben Affleck had undue influence on 'Finding Your Roots'

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   By Variety PBS will postpone new seasons of its documentary series "Finding Your Roots" after determining actor Ben Affleck was able to convince the series' producers to omit a reference in an ...

7. Roots (2016 miniseries) - Wikipedia

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   Episode 1 was directed by Phillip Noyce, episode 2 by Mario Van Peebles, episode 3 by Thomas Carter, and episode 4 by Bruce Beresford. In February 2016, a trailer was released [ 4 ] and Paul Buccieri, president of A&E and The History Channels, announced that the four night, eight-hour event series would premiere on Memorial Day .

8. African American Lives - Wikipedia

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   African American Lives 2 premiered in February 2008, again hosted by Gates. This second set of episodes traced the ancestry of performers Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner, Tom Joyner, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle, theologian Peter Gomes, athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, poet Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard (the daughter of writer Anatole Broyard) and publisher Linda Johnson Rice (the daughter of publisher John ...

9. Joe Manganiello says 'Finding Your Roots' changed his life ...

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   Joe Manganiello Deal Or No Deal Island - Season 1 (Patrick Ecclesine / NBC via Getty ) In the episode, Manganiello told host Henry Louis Gates he felt newly grounded by what he learned.