'You need this knowledge,' says Henry Louis Gates Jr. as new season of Finding Your Roots premieres

Henry Louis Gates Jr. previews the complex, multi-generational stories shaping the newest season of PBS' Finding Your Roots.
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The Road We Took

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Why Fear Is Driving the Current Era of Racial Backlash

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is one of the most influential scholars of Black history and literature in the United States. He’s the ...

Inside Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s marriage to his fellow historian wife

Join us as we discover more about the woman who captured the heart of America's favorite historian, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Henry Louis Gates: Ben Affleck’s Slave Owner Ancestor Axed from DNA Search

*A 2014 “Finding Your Roots,” episode about Ben Affleck’s ancestors apparently left out a key detail that has now come to light. Messages uncovered from emails linked to the Sony Pictures email ...

Wiz Khalifa discovers his fifth great-grandfather was enslaved in Alabama: 'I feel some type of way'

Wiz Khalifa joins Henry Louis Gates Jr. to learn about the enduring spirit of his ancestors from slavery to the ...
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. PHOTOS

Get emails on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. news, photos & more.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores the Connection and Conflict Between Black and Jewish Americans: ‘A Formidable Force'

"When these two communities get together, and they synergize creatively or politically, they’re a juggernaut, and they can’t be stopped," one man notes in the trailer. Black & Jewish America: An ...