Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. chats about getting Jodie Foster an interview with Toni Morrison for her thesis and helping celebrities learn about their ancestry on the PBS series Finding Your Roots.
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. joins TODAY to talk about season 10 of the hit PBS series “Finding Your Roots.” He shares what to expect this season, his most memorable moments from the last decade and reveals who he'd like to have on the show — including Al Roker!
The “Finding Your Roots” host shares how he went from being a kid history buff to a revered academic to the gentleman who tells you (literally) about yourself.
In “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” Gregg Hecimovich pieces together the story of a woman who fled slavery, and whose manuscript was lost for more than 150 years.
