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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Sat, Apr 19	7:00 P.M.	Anchormen NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Apr 20	5:00 P.M.	Anchormen NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Apr 20	9:00 P.M.	Anchormen NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 21	1:00 A.M.	Anchormen NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 21	9:00 A.M.	Anchormen NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 22	8:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Apr 23	12:00 A.M.	Out of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Apr 23	12:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Apr 24	2:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Apr 25	8:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Apr 26	12:00 A.M.	Out of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Apr 26	7:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Apr 27	5:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Apr 27	9:00 P.M.	Out of the Past NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 28	1:00 A.M.	Out of the Past NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 28	9:00 A.M.	Out of the Past NH World (11.3)