Black Like Me -
finding your roots

Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux discover a tapestry of the unexpected in their ancestry, revealing slaves and free people of color, Civil War legacies and forgotten European origins.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 406

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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

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

Tue, Dec 9	8:00 P.M.	Fighters NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 9	9:00 P.M.	Forgotten Journeys NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 10	12:00 A.M.	Fighters NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 10	1:00 A.M.	Forgotten Journeys NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Dec 11	4:00 A.M.	Fighters NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Dec 11	2:00 P.M.	Fighters NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Dec 12	8:00 P.M.	Fighters NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 13	12:00 A.M.	Fighters NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 13	7:00 P.M.	Fighters NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 14	5:00 P.M.	Fighters NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 16	8:00 P.M.	Forever Young NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 17	12:00 P.M.	Forever Young NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Dec 18	2:00 P.M.	Songs of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Dec 19	8:00 P.M.	Forever Young NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 20	12:00 A.M.	Forever Young NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 20	7:00 P.M.	Forever Young NH Explore (11.2)