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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.

Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.
Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now.
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.
One of the most important reasons we go to space is to know our own planet better.
Every child has their own pace and journey.
George tries to make a new discovery in a huge field of science... and he might have.
Can something that exists be bad science?
It may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness of reality.
FRONTLINE examines how Israel ended up fighting wars in Gaza and Iran — and the U.S. role.