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.
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Johnny Cash was an Amateur Genealogist

DNA cousins with Angela Bassett

African American Ancestry

A Surprise in DNA

Revolutionary War Hero

A Descendant of a Musician

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The Impact of "Happy"

Dark Origins of A Surname

Experiencing Slavery So Intimately

What Art Is About

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Write My Name in the Book of Life

The Shirts on Their Backs

No Irish Need Apply

Finding Your Roots: Against All Odds

To the Manor Born

Coming to America

Breaking Silences

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War Stories

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Aging Together

Older Can Mean Happier

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An Unusual Childhood Gives Clues to Great Stories

Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie

The Missing Lynx
Return of the Titans

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A Perfect Storm

Paradise Lost

The Silent Killer

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The Brain Revolution

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Ken Burns: Here & There

Wilma J. Wooten | Public Health Officer

Shawn Evans | Emergency Department Physician

Omar Passons | Integrative Services

Nick Macchione | Health & Human Services Director

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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Holy Silence

An Assignment from the Pope

Hitler Comes to Power

Catholics in America

Charlie Russell's Old West
