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African American Lives Episodes on PBS

2006, TV Show

Episode Detail: The Past is Another Country - African American Lives

Henry Louis Gates Jr. discovers that he's related to a medieval Irish warlord; Peter Gomes learns that his paternal ancestry descends from a Portuguese Jew, who fled his homeland to escape the Inquisition in the early 1500s.

Episodes: African American Lives - 13 total Episodes

2/13/2008: The Past is Another Country Season 2, Episode 4
2/13/2008: We Come From People Season 2, Episode 3
2/13/2008: We Come from People; The Past is Another Country
2/6/2008: A Way Out of No Way Season 2, Episode 2
2/6/2008: The Road Home Season 2, Episode 1
2/6/2008: The Road Home; A Way Out of No Way
2/25/2006: Beyond the Middle Passage Season 1, Episode 4
2/25/2006: Before the War Season 1, Episode 3
2/25/2006: The Promise of Freedom Season 1, Episode 2
2/25/2006: Discovering Roots Season 1, Episode 1
2/8/2006: Before the War; Beyond the Middle Passage
2/1/2006: Discovering Roots; The Promise of Freedom
2/1/2006: Discovering Roots; The Promise of Freedom

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Premiered: February 01, 2006, on PBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Using genealogy and DNA science, the ancestral stories of prominent African-Americans are traced to their roots in Africa.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Host

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