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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.
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 ...
LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family’s ancestry on Tuesday’s episode of PBS’ hit series “Finding Your Roots.”. Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the ...
Michael Imperioli learns about his family history on an episode of Finding Your Roots out on January 14. He learns they were bootleggers during Prohibition and broke the law.
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Season 11 of Finding Your Roots debuts on January 7, 2025, on PBS. The first two episodes of Great Migrations: A People on the Move premiere at 9 PM ET on Jan. 28, 2025. For more People news, make ...
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 ...
The “Finding Your Roots” team traced Morissette father’s family back to her ninth great-grandparents in 1600s France. Her eighth great-grandparents, who married in Quebec City in 1667, built ...