Finding Your Roots
In Search of Freedom
Learn about the ancestors of Maya Rudolph, Shonda Rhimes and Keenen Ivory Wayans.
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Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
The ancestral pasts of journalist Barbara Walters and educator Geoffrey Canada.
Finding Your Roots
Our American Storytellers
Learn about the lives of the forebears of Ken Burns, Anderson Cooper & Anna Deavere Smith.
Finding Your Roots
No Irish Need Apply
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan.