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Finding Your Roots

Maternal Third Great Grandparents Freed from Slavery

“Look what they did. Look at what they achieved.” Audra McDonald is moved to learn her maternal third great-grandparents survived slavery, started a family, and purchased land post-Civil War.
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Season 1 Episode 1
John Lewis and Cory Booker
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the pasts of politicians, John Lewis and Cory Booker.
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