• 2006
  • TV-PG
  • 54m
African American Lives

Summary This 4 part PBS series attempts to trace the roots of 8 guests using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis. View more details

  • 2006
  • TV-PG
  • 54m

African American Lives

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Chris Tucker Whoopi Goldberg Oprah Winfrey Henry Louis Gates Jr.

All cast & crew

7.9

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jan 31, 2006

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Production companies : Thirteen / WNET Kunhardt Films McGee Media

Summary This 4 part PBS series attempts to trace the roots of 8 guests using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jan 31, 2006

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Production companies : Thirteen / WNET Kunhardt Films McGee Media

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 31, 2006
Listening to Our Past
Episode Four presents fascinating discoveries about participants' lineages thanks to DNA analysis.
Episode 2 • Jan 31, 2006
The Promise of Freedom
From the early 20th century to the end of the Civil War, a look at how African Americans defined their freedom after slavery. Dr. Gates learns that courthouse records of land acquisitions, documents from the Freedmen's Bureau and the 1870 census prove important resources for tracing the participants' lineage through Reconstruction.
Episode 3 • Feb 07, 2006
Searching for Our Names
Episode 4 • Feb 07, 2006
Beyond the Middle Passage
Dr. Gates visits scientists around the country using DNA analysis to trace ancestral roots. He and one participant make the last leg of the journey, back to Africa, visiting the West African port from which the participant's patrilineal ancestor was likely shipped into slavery, and meeting tribal elders whose DNA suggests are the participant's cousins.
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