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# The Brick Wall Falls
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/the-brick-wall-falls/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T18:00:19.000Z
- Description: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 10, Episode 7, #ZZZ_Episode_4ec80b68-2ba6-472a-8acf-ca3532e3aade, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Dionne Warwick and actor Danielle Brooks break down the barriers imposed by slavery to learn the names and stories of their ancestors who endured bondage. Facing one of the greatest genealogical challenges, Gates uses his detective skills to piece together the lives of women and men who survived unimaginable ordeals—but emerged to forge families that thrived.