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The Generations Project
Lakia
Season 1
Episode 1
Is pessimism hereditary? Lakia Holmes journeys through her great-grandmother’s life to find out. Her question takes her from the Big Apple to rural Alabama to the small schoolhouse of her great-grandmother’s youth, a harrowing reenactment of life as a slave and a surprise encounter with the grandfather she has never met.
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Learn how to do your own generations project by connecting with your ancestors.
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