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Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Dionne Warwick & actor Danielle Brooks break down barriers imposed by the slave system to learn the names of their ancestors who endured unimaginable ordeals—but emerged to forge families that thrived.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the pasts of politicians, John Lewis and Cory Booker.