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Finding Your Roots: Slave Trade

Trace the unexpected histories of Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkeson and Questlove’s ancestors. by Colleen Greer

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson and Harold Varmus-three pioneering scientists who’ve made dramatic contributions to our understanding of the world, while knowing little about their own ancestry.

Finding Your Roots, Tuesday at 8 p.m. on PBS 6.

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