Samuel L. Jackson / Condoleezza Rice / Ruth Simmons

Nonfiction • TV-PG • Directed by: Finding Your Roots • 54 minutes

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. DNA is used to investigate family mysteries: Where in Africa do they come from and who are the white men in their family trees?

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