Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Season 2 Episode 4: Roots of Freedom

10 SeasonsOct 14, 2014TV-PG53m7.2

Actor Ben Affleck, NAACP president Ben Jealous and actress Khandi Alexander discover that their families' long established principles to fight for freedom and civil rights were passed down through generations of ancestors.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 In Search of Our Fathers: Stephen King, Gloria Reuben and Courtney B. Vance

1. In Search of Our Fathers: Stephen King, Gloria Reuben and Courtney B. Vance

Aired: Sep 23, 2014

Henry Louis Gates explores the paternal ancestry of famous horror novelist St...

Episode 2 Born Champions

2. Born Champions

Aired: Sep 30, 2014

The families of three of America's greatest athletes, former MLB star Derek J...

Episode 3 Our American Storytellers

3. Our American Storytellers

Aired: Oct 7, 2014

Three iconic American storytellers, journalist Anderson Cooper, documentary f...

Episode 4 Roots of Freedom

4. Roots of Freedom

Aired: Oct 14, 2014

Actor Ben Affleck, NAACP president Ben Jealous and actress Khandi Alexander d...

Episode 5 The Melting Pot

5. The Melting Pot

Aired: Oct 21, 2014

Tom Colicchio of "Top Chef", Ming Tsai of "Simply Ming" and Aaron Sanchez of ...

Episode 6 We Come from People

6. We Come from People

Aired: Oct 28, 2014

Actress Angela Bassett, President Obama's political advisor Valerie Jarrett a...

Episode 7 Our People, Our Traditions

7. Our People, Our Traditions

Aired: Nov 4, 2014

Playwright Tony Kushner, songwriter Carole King and lawyer Alan Dershowitz sh...

Episode 8 The British Are Coming

8. The British Are Coming

Aired: Nov 11, 2014

The ancestry of actress Sally Field, New Age guru Deepak Chopra and British r...

Episode 9 Ancient Roots

9. Ancient Roots

Aired: Nov 18, 2014

Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the Greek ancestry of comedienne Tina Fey, com...

Episode 10 Decoding Our Past Through DNA

10. Decoding Our Past Through DNA

Aired: Nov 25, 2014

Deval Patrick, the first African American Governor of Massachusetts, and actr...

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Khandi Alexander

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Ben Jealous

Info about Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Mystery, Documentary, History, Biography

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