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1) Finding your roots: Season 4

Publisher

PBS Distribution

Pub. Date

[2018]

Description

Professor Gates's journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's ethnic mixture.

2) Finding your roots: Season 7

Publisher

PBS

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

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Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.

3) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: Tragedy + Time = Comedy

Author

Kimmel, Jimmy

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 4

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Uncover a history of tragedies and triumphs in the families of three of America's funniest men-Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear and Bill Hader-as they learn how comedy truly has its place in all aspects of life.

4) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: The Stories We Tell

Author

Brazile, Donna

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 1

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Discover the unsolved mysteries behind the family stories of political organizer Donna Brazile, actor Ty Burrell and artist Kara Walker as they learn how the legacy of slavery has shaped their identities.

5) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: The Long Way Home

Author

Marguiles, Julianna

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 9

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Discover how actress Julianna Marguiles, author Azar Nafisi and chef Lidia Bastianich are bound together by their ancestors' singular and deeply human desire to preserve their most cherished traditions.

6) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: War Stories

Author

Arquette, Patricia

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 6

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Uncover a long history of military service in the families of Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore and John McCain, and how this has instilled in each of them an enduring spirit of strength and integrity.

7) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: In Search of Freedom

Author

Rudolph, Maya

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 3

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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.

8) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: The Pioneers

Author

Harris, Neil Patrick

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 8

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Discover how Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem and Sandra Cisneros are connected to pioneers who broke new ground and paved the way for their modern day descendants to continue shaping our culture.

9) Finding Your Roots - Season 3: Visionaries

Author

Branson, Sir Richard

Series

Finding Your Roots volume 5

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Discover how the ancestors of business mogul Richard Branson and architects Maya Lin and Frank Gehry took audacious risks to create opportunities, and how their luck, ingenuity and chutzpah was passed on to these three visionaries.