Finding Your Roots

Episode 6: Black Like Me

Passport Season 4 Episode 6 | 52m 41s

Three African-American guests delve deep into their family trees, discovering unexpected stories that challenge our assumptions about black history.

Aired: 11/07/17

Expires: 11/06/21

Rating: TV-PG

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Major corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Five is provided by Ancestry, Johnson & Johnson and AT&T. Major support is also provided by the Ford Foundation, Candace King Weir, the Lloyd Carney Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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