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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Anchormen

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Courtesy of PBS
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Premieres Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App

On this episode, Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Anchormen Preview - with Jim Acosta and Van Jones
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Credits:

A production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the writer, host, and executive producer. Dyllan McGee and Peter Kunhardt are executive producers. John F. Wilson is the executive producer in charge for WETA. Bill Gardner is the executive in charge for PBS. Sabin Streeter is the senior producer. Natalia Warchol is the series producer. Hannah Olson is the consulting producer. Deborah Clancy Porfido is the supervising producer. Kevin Burke is the producer. Robert L. Yacyshyn is the line producer. Sabin Streeter and Krista Whetstone are directors.