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The Road Home

A Way Out of No Way

We Come from People

The Past is Another Century

African American Lives is a PBS television miniseries hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., focusing on African American genealogical research. The family histories of prominent African Americans are explored using traditional genealogic techniques as well as genetic analysis.

Gates has written an associated book, In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past, which was published in early 2009.

All Episodes of African American Lives

All Episodes of African American Lives

Season 1