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Finding your roots, the official companion to the PBS series, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; foreword by David Altshuler

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contains biographical information

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non fiction

Finding your roots

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; foreword by David Altshuler

the official companion to the PBS series

"Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates's investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, Gates provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots, and he details the advances in genetic research now available to the public."--, adapted from Amazon

Foreword / by David Altshuler -- Genetic gumbo : Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. -- The long arc of freedom : John Lewis and Cory Booker -- What's in a name? : Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada -- Redemption : Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon -- The children of Abraham : Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, and Yasir Qadhi -- From the Old World to the New : Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- Shadows : Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons -- Crossings : Margaret Cho, Sanjay Gupta, and Martha Stewart -- Neither slave nor free : Wanda Sykes, John Legend, and Margarett Cooper -- In the footsteps of conquistadors : Michelle Rodriguez, Linda Chavez, and Adrian Grenier