For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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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Lisa Ling reads an emotional excerpt from her grandmother's memoir.
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Laura Linney reads aloud an ancestor's confession that led to their exile in Virginia.
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Soledad O’Brien discovers the "bad leg of the family."
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Dr. Harold E. Varmus expresses his gratitude to his grandparents for leaving Europe.
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Dr. Jackson views the 1836 estate records listing the names of her enslaved ancestors.
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Dr. Francis Collins learns his ancestor was a Patriot that served in the Continental Army.
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Dr. Francis Collins learns his ancestors freed their slaves in 1804.