Extras
Education | Before Canada: In Search of a Name
An overview of how researchers tracked down Geoffrey Canada's ancestors.
Education | Before Canada: In Search of a Name
Michelle Rodriguez's Puerto Rican Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces actress Michelle Rodriguez's Puetro Rican roots.
Michelle Rodriguez's Puerto Rican Roots
Adrian Grenier's Conquistador Ancestor
Actor Adrian Grenier learns about about his Conquistador ancestor.
Adrian Grenier's Conquistador Ancestor
Linda Chavez discovers how her family was involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico.
Education | The Pueblo Revolt
Education | The Last Conquistador
Adrian Grenier learns about his maternal eleventh great-grandfather.
Education | The Last Conquistador
John Legend's Musical Beginnings
John Legend's beginnings as a musician and footage of one of his earliest performances.
John Legend's Musical Beginnings
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Black Ancestors in the 1850s
A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s.
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Black Ancestors in the 1850s
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Ancestors
A look at how Wanda’s black ancestors became free in the 1600s.
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Ancestors
Education | The Story of Peyton Polly
A look at how John Legend’s ancestor, Peyton Polly, attained his freedom.
Education | The Story of Peyton Polly
Education | Fighting for Freedom
An overview of how the Revolutionary War helped slaves attain their freedom.
Education | Fighting for Freedom
Comedian Wanda Sykes recalls a poorly-received stand-up routine early on in her career.
Early Stand-Up Experience
Education | The Partition of India
The history of the India/Pakistan partition is told by Dr. Sanjay Gupta's mother's story.
Education | The Partition of India
Martha Stewart learns the fate of her great grandparents and why they came to America.
Education | Leaving Poland
Margaret Cho learns the reasons for her father’s family’s hurried escape from Korea.
Education | A Hurried Escape
Comedian and actress Margaret Cho talks about living in 1970s San Francisco's Castro.
Spending Time in the Castro
Finding Your Roots uncovers scrolls that list 8 generations of Sanjay Gupta's family tree.
Gupta Family Scrolls
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in WV and TN
A look at life under Jim Crow.
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in WV and TN
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in Grapeland, Texas
A look at life under Jim Crow.
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in Grapeland, Texas
Actor Samuel L. Jackson discusses his experience growing up in segregated Chattanooga.
That Was What It Was
Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers.
A Family of Sharecroppers
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