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Lena Waithe learns about the short life expectancy of slaves on a sugar plantation.
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Lena Waithe reacts to hearing that her surname derives from slave owners in Barbados.
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Brittany Packnett Cunningham says she yearns to learn the identity of her grandfather.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. on how colorblind casting in “Hamilton: The Musical” changed Broadway.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. wrestles with the realization that his 5th great-grandfather owned slaves
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Nathan Lane gets disturbing news that his great-great-grandfather died in a workhouse.
Nathan Lane explains how he picked his stage name.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. gets emotional hearing the "dollar value" of his enslaved ancestors.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.'s great-grandfather's name appears on a ship's manifest from 1920.
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Mario Lopez learns about his grandfather's plan to become a U.S. citizen.
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Melissa Villaseñor gets emotional reading the 1908 birth record of her great-grandmother.
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Mario Lopez discovers that his great-grandfather once visited America.
