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.

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Mon, Dec 29	8:52 A.M.	Fighters NH World (11.3)
Wed, Dec 31	12:00 P.M.	Hidden Kin NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Jan 1	2:00 P.M.	Activist Roots NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jan 2	8:00 P.M.	Hidden Kin NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Jan 3	12:00 A.M.	Hidden Kin NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Jan 3	7:00 P.M.	Hidden Kin NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Jan 4	5:00 P.M.	Children of Exile NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Jan 4	9:00 P.M.	Hidden Kin NH World (11.3)
Mon, Jan 5	1:00 A.M.	Hidden Kin NH World (11.3)
Mon, Jan 5	9:00 A.M.	Hidden Kin NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jan 6	8:00 P.M.	American Dreams NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Jan 7	12:00 A.M.	American Dreams NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Jan 7	12:00 P.M.	American Dreams NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Jan 8	3:00 A.M.	American Dreams NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Jan 8	2:00 P.M.	American Dreams NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jan 9	8:00 P.M.	American Dreams NH Explore (11.2)