Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. : Season 1 Episode 7
TV-PG PBS 53m
Aired: April 29th, 2012 @ 8:00 PM EST on PBS
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second class citizen in the Jim Crow south. In this episode we will use DNA to investigate family mysteries: where do they come from in Africa, and who are the white men in their family trees?
