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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 4m 42s | An overview of the story of a slave named Mumbet. (4m 42s)
Education | Before Canada: In Search of a Name
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 6m 22s | An overview of how researchers tracked down Geoffrey Canada's ancestors. (6m 22s)
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Clip: S1 Ep10 | 1m 29s | Linda Chavez learns about her ancestors who were Pueblo. (1m 29s)
Michelle Rodriguez's Puerto Rican Roots
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Clip: S1 Ep10 | 1m 2s | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces actress Michelle Rodriguez's Puetro Rican roots. (1m 2s)
Adrian Grenier's Conquistador Ancestor
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Clip: S1 Ep10 | 1m 35s | Actor Adrian Grenier learns about about his Conquistador ancestor. (1m 35s)
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Clip: S1 Ep10 | 4m 12s | Linda Chavez discovers how her family was involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico. (4m 12s)
Education | The Last Conquistador
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Clip: S1 Ep10 | 5m 54s | Adrian Grenier learns about his maternal eleventh great-grandfather. (5m 54s)
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 4m 13s | Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks with Margarett Cooper about her remarkable ancestry. (4m 13s)
John Legend's Musical Beginnings
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 1m 21s | John Legend's beginnings as a musician and footage of one of his earliest performances. (1m 21s)
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Black Ancestors in the 1850s
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 2m 39s | A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s. (2m 39s)
Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Ancestors
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 6m 47s | A look at how Wanda’s black ancestors became free in the 1600s. (6m 47s)
Education | The Story of Peyton Polly
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Clip: S1 Ep9 | 3m 55s | A look at how John Legend’s ancestor, Peyton Polly, attained his freedom. (3m 55s)
Education | Fighting for Freedom
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 1m 8s | An overview of how the Revolutionary War helped slaves attain their freedom. (1m 8s)
Clip: S1 Ep9 | 1m | Comedian Wanda Sykes recalls a poorly-received stand-up routine early on in her career. (1m)
Education | The Partition of India
Clip: S1 Ep8 | 3m 59s | The history of the India/Pakistan partition is told by Dr. Sanjay Gupta's mother's story. (3m 59s)
Clip: S1 Ep8 | 2m 24s | Martha Stewart learns the fate of her great grandparents and why they came to America. (2m 24s)
Clip: S1 Ep8 | 3m 3s | Margaret Cho learns the reasons for her father’s family’s hurried escape from Korea. (3m 3s)
Clip: S1 Ep8 | 1m 58s | Comedian and actress Margaret Cho talks about living in 1970s San Francisco's Castro. (1m 58s)
Clip: S1 Ep8 | 1m 14s | Finding Your Roots uncovers scrolls that list 8 generations of Sanjay Gupta's family tree. (1m 14s)
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in WV and TN
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Clip: S1 Ep7 | 4m 32s | A look at life under Jim Crow. (4m 32s)
Education | Growing up under Jim Crow in Grapeland, Texas
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Clip: S1 Ep7 | 5m 1s | A look at life under Jim Crow. (5m 1s)
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Clip: S1 Ep7 | 1m 6s | Actor Samuel L. Jackson discusses his experience growing up in segregated Chattanooga. (1m 6s)
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Clip: S1 Ep7 | 1m 24s | Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers. (1m 24s)
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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 1m 7s | Condoleezza Rice remembers the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. (1m 7s)
Clip: S1 Ep6 | 1m 45s | Robert Downey, Jr. learns about his ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War. (1m 45s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 1m 22s | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family. (1m 22s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 4m 43s | The story of Gyllenhaal’s third great grandfather’s role in creating a religious community (4m 43s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 3m 57s | Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal discuss what they know of their origins. (3m 57s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m 27s | An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noble lineage dating back to King Henry I of England (5m 27s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 3m 20s | Professor Gates uses DNA testing to trace Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal lineage. (3m 20s)
Education | As American as it Gets
Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m 47s | An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s connection to the American WASP establishment. (5m 47s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m | The story of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal ancestry (5m)
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 1m 12s | Angela Buchdahl speaks with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about being a Korean-American Jew. (1m 12s)
The Growth of Islam in America
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 43s | Yasir Qadhi discusses the growth of Islam over the past 40 years in the city of Houston. (43s)
Education | Seeking Religious Freedom: From Romania to NY
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 4m 48s | A look at Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s Jewish ancestors’ migration from Romania to the U.S.A. (4m 48s)
Education | Seeking Religious Freedom: From India to Houston
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 5m 25s | An overview of the persecution experienced by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Muslim ancestors. (5m 25s)
Education | Seeking Religious Freedom: From England to MA
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 36s | A look at Pastor Rick Warren’s Puritan ancestor’s migration to America. (3m 36s)
Education | Questioning Jewish Identity
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 2m 39s | Rabbi Angela Buchdahl describes growing up as a Korean Jew. (2m 39s)
Education | Facing Muslim Stereotypes after 9/11
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 43s | Sheikh Yasir Qadhi describes hatred and stereotypes encountered after September 11, 2001. (3m 43s)
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 1m 21s | Pastor Rick Warren learns that his ancestor served as a church deacon in the 1600s. (1m 21s)
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 1m 23s | Kevin Bacon's Quaker ancestor immigrated to America to freely practice his religion. (1m 23s)
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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 1m 50s | Kyra Sedgwick learns the interactions between her ancestor and a slave named Mumbet. (1m 50s)
Education | Slavery in the North
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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 5m 26s | A look at slavery in the North and the views and actions of Quakers. (5m 26s)
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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 2m 55s | A look at President Lincoln's appeal to the nation to rebuild after the Civil War. (2m 55s)
Education | Searching for Barbara Walters Family's Name Pt 2
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 6m | A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name. (6m)
Education | Searching for Barbara Walters Family's Name Pt.1
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 4m 58s | A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name. (4m 58s)
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 1m 41s | Geoffrey Canada on the possibility of having white, slave-owning ancestors. (1m 41s)
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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 1m 32s | Barbara Walters talks about her father's work as a New York City night club owner. (1m 32s)
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