Unlock history and explore ancestral pasts with this special collection of videos and web-exclusive features by trusted producers across PBS. Each of the features below is a window into a documentary or program about ancestry, race and identity in Black America and around the World. The features will connect you directly to the website of a PBS partner where it can be viewed in full or allow you to watch a preview directly within the collection below. Get started now! Explore Black Ancestry, Race and Identity with PBS.
Finding Unknown Relatives Through DNA
How DNA and genome-wide genetic testing can help us find unknown relatives
A Timeline of African American History
Scroll thorough this interactive timeline on African American history and family ancestry.
A look at how Wanda’s black ancestors became free in the 1600s. From Finding Your Roots.
Full Episode: John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Full Episode: John Lewis and Cory Booker
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the pasts of politicians, John Lewis and Cory Booker.
Full Episode: Linking Ancestral Pasts
Explore the pasts of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons.
Book Examines Varied 'Tapestry' of Michelle Obama's Ancestry
When Rachel Swarns began research on First Lady Michelle Obama's American lineage, she discovered remarkable family sagas, including the story of Mrs. Obama's white great-great-great-grandfather. Gwen Ifill talks to New York Times' Rachel Swarns about her new book on the genealogy of Michelle Obama, "American Tapestry."
Black in Latin America's Henry Louis Gates
Professor Gates introduces viewers to descendants of Africans in Latin-American countries
The videos and features above are from PBS documentaries and productions by PBS NewsHour, Black in Latin America, African American Lives 2, and Finding Your Roots.
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