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Finding Your Roots
In Search of Freedom
Season 3
Episode 3
Learn how the ancestors of Maya Rudolph, Shonda Rhimes and Keenen Ivory Wayans struggled for freedom, and how each of these cultural trailblazers gain a new understanding of how they fit into this proud trajectory.
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- Thursday Oct 1, 11:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Friday Oct 2, 3:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Oct 3, 6:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Oct 3, 11:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Sunday Oct 4, 12:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Sunday Oct 4, 6:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Sunday Oct 4, 10:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Monday Oct 5, 6:00 AM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Tuesday Oct 6, 12:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
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