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Meet the 'Faces of America': Malcolm Gladwell
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show in 2010 that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Yo-Yo Ma
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Louise Erdrich
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Eva Longoria
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Kristi Yamaguchi
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Elizabeth Alexander
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His latest series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Mario Batali
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Stephen Colbert
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America'
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…