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.

Episode 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.

Watch Finding Your Roots - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Season 4 Official Teaser Trailer

Brendan Fraser's Austrian Ancestry Revealed

Ciara's Deep Southern Roots

Journey From Brazil to Becoming a Baker

Alanis Morissette's Daredevil Ancestors Memorialized in Song

Fathers and Sons

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Sat, Dec 21	7:00 P.M.	On Broadway NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 22	5:00 P.M.	On Broadway NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 24	8:00 P.M.	On Broadway NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 25	12:00 P.M.	Songs of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Dec 26	2:00 P.M.	Songs of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Dec 27	8:00 P.M.	Songs of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 28	12:00 A.M.	Songs of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 28	7:00 P.M.	Songs of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 29	5:02 P.M.	On Broadway NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Jan 1	12:00 P.M.	Watchmen NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Jan 2	2:00 P.M.	No Irish Need Apply NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jan 3	2:00 A.M.	No Irish Need Apply NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jan 3	8:00 P.M.	Watchmen NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Jan 4	12:00 A.M.	Watchmen NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Jan 4	7:00 P.M.	Watchmen NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Jan 5	5:00 P.M.	No Irish Need Apply NHPBS (11.1)