The Vanguard -
finding your roots

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors - of all colors - into the greater context of black history.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 404

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About Finding Your Roots:

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

is the 12th and latest series from the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar.

In this 10-part series, Professor Gates continues the quest he begun in African American Lives 1 and 2 and Faces of America delving into the genealogy and genetics of an all new group of famous Americans.

The series combines history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family, and identity in today's America.

Each hour features a different pair of celebrity guests, who are bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link, whether it be as old friends, through long-lost relatives, or even through a common ancestral past.

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Future Broadcast times for "Finding Your Roots": (show all)

Tue, Aug 19	8:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Aug 20	12:00 A.M.	Viewers Like You NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Aug 20	1:00 A.M.	Finding My Roots NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Aug 20	12:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Aug 21	2:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 22	8:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Aug 24	5:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 24	9:00 P.M.	Viewers Like You NH World (11.3)
Mon, Aug 25	1:00 A.M.	Viewers Like You NH World (11.3)
Mon, Aug 25	9:00 A.M.	Viewers Like You NH World (11.3)
Tue, Aug 26	8:00 P.M.	La Famiglia NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Aug 27	12:00 A.M.	La Famiglia NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Aug 27	12:00 P.M.	La Famiglia NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Aug 28	2:00 P.M.	La Famiglia NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 29	8:00 P.M.	La Famiglia NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Aug 30	12:00 A.M.	La Famiglia NH Explore (11.2)