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For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

Finding Your Roots returns, telling stories that illuminate America’s fundamental diversity.
Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.
Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members; and by public television viewers.
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My Morning Jacket are inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame by Cameron Crowe in an epic hour.
Veteran FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel revisits the "perfect storm" that was the O.J. Simpson trial.
An indelible look at the realities of growing up poor in America.
Why did sharks get so incredibly diverse and odd during the Golden Age?