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Finding Your Roots

S01 E09 / JOHN LEGEND AND WANDA SYKES

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EP 01

BRANFORD MARSALIS AND HARRY CONNICK, JR.

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JOHN LEWIS AND CORY BOOKER

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BARBARA WALTERS AND GEOFFREY CANADA

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KYRA SEDGWICK AND KEVIN BACON

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RICK WARREN, ANGELA BUCHDAHL AND YASIR QADHI

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ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. AND MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

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SAMUEL L. JACKSON, CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND RUTH SIMMONS

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MARTHA STEWART, MARGARET CHO AND SANJAY GUPTA

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JOHN LEGEND AND WANDA SYKES

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ADRIAN GRENIER, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ AND LINDA CHAVEZ

JOHN LEGEND AND WANDA SYKESMost African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of free black people who evaded bondage during that terrible time? Musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about, while Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper delve into the mysteries shrouding the free people of color in their family trees.

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