Freedom Tales
finding your roots

Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves deep into the roots of two African American guests, actor S. Epatha Merkerson and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan. Both discover unexpected stories that challenge assumptions about black history.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 505

You Might Be Interested In:

Intro to Genealogy Virtual Online Course

 


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


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

Thu, Apr 3 2:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Apr 5 7:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Apr 6 5:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Apr 6 9:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 7 1:00 A.M. Moving On Up     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 7 9:00 A.M. Moving On Up     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 8 8:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Apr 9 12:30 A.M. Finding My Roots     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Apr 9 12:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Apr 10 2:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Apr 11 8:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Apr 12 12:00 A.M. Finding My Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Apr 12 7:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Apr 13 5:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Apr 13 9:00 P.M. Finding My Roots     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 14 1:00 A.M. Finding My Roots     NH World (11.3)


NHPBS Over-the-Air Broadcast

WENH-TV Ch. 11 Durham

WLED-TV Ch. 48 Littleton

WEKW-TV Ch. 18 Keene

W50DP-D Ch. 50 Hanover

W34DQ-D Ch. 34 Pittsburg

Cable and Satellite Channels


NHPBS Five Channels

NHPBS - 11.1

NH Explore - 11.2

NH World - 11.3

NH Create - 11.4

NH Kids - 11.5

Learn More


 


NHPBS NHPBS Passport Passport

History with David Rubenstein | Alex Prud'homme
Finding Your Roots | The Butterfly Effect
Secrets of the Dead | Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part Two)
American Masters | The Disappearance of Miss Scott [ASL]
American Experience | Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Made With Love | America Made With Love
Antiques Roadshow | Living History Farms, Hour 2
NOVA | Pompeii's Secret Underworld
Great Migrations: A People on The Move | Coming to America
Austin City Limits | ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family
Nature | Expedition Killer Whale
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise | Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise
Doc World | Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War
Wes Montgomery: A Celebration Concert | Wes Montgomery: A Celebration Concert
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask | Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask
Funny Woman | Episode 1
Journeys of Black Mathematicians | Forging Resilience
Resistance: They Fought Back | Resistance: They Fought Back
Lucy Worsley Investigates | The Gunpowder Plot
Unknown Destination: A Love Story | Unknown Destination: A Love Story
All Creatures Great and Small | Episode 1: To All Our Boys
Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich | Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich
Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025 | Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025
London's New Year's Day Parade | London's New Years Day Parade 2025
Vienna Blood | Mephisto Waltz
The 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | The 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Local, USA | With Peter Bradley
Next at the Kennedy Center | Sara Bareilles: New Year's Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends
POV | Who I Am Not
The Earthshot Prize | The Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Report | The Earthshot Report
Violent Femmes: 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony | Violent Femmes: 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony
Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah | Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah
Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle | Fact and Fiction
Miss Scarlet | Episode 1: The Rival
Great Performances | Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Christmas with John Rutter at Preston Hollow | Christmas with John Rutter at Preston Hollow