Since the premiere of his groundbreaking series, African American Lives, in 2006 through the first two seasons of Finding Your Roots, noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has unearthed the family histories of influential people helping shape our national identity.
Program WebsiteMajor corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Six is provided by Ancestry, Johnson & Johnson and AT&T. Major support is also provided by the Ford Foundation, Candace King Weir, the Lloyd Carney Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. talks through Melissa's Great-grandfather's death and how it affecte
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Eric talks about getting his work ethic from his dad and grandfather.
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Melissa talks about keeping her family close and how it must come from her genetics.
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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. reveals Melissa's great-great-grandfather's scandal.
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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. reveals the first member of Eric's family to come to Kansas.
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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. discovers how the name Stonestreet came to be.
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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. reveals a shocking story about Mia's grandparents.