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Finding Your Roots
Union Soldier
Kehinde Wiley’s great-grandfather was one of 370 black soldiers to serve in WWI when the military, like almost all of America at the time, was segregated. His grueling assignment was to remove dead bodies from temporary graves for reburial in army cemeteries.
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Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots.
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Erin Burnett, Amy Carlson and André Leon Talley trace their ancestral roots.
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Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane meet a cast of inspiring ancestors.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace their ancestral paths.
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Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn discover the truth about their scandal-plagued ancestors.
