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Finding Your Roots
Roots of Freedom
Season 2
Episode 4
These guests’ families have long been engaged in the battle for freedom and civil rights, but didn’t know those principles were passed down through generations. NAACP president Ben Jealous learns the heroic story of his great-grandfather who purchased his own family to keep them safe and Khandi Alexander learns of her grandfather’s possible murder.
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson
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Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez discover close relatives whose names they’ve never heard
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Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors