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Off the Farm

Program: Finding Your Roots | Type: Full Video | Aired: 2019-10-15

Off the Farm

Two comic actors who grew up on farms in America’s heartland–the descendants of generations of people who worked the land–retrace the journeys of their ancestors to see what they share with the men and women who literally laid the groundwork for their success.

Finding Your Roots

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

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