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7. 7. "Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons". April 29, 2012. ( 2012-04-29) Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons trace their genealogical backgrounds into slavery and, with the help of DNA analysis, back to Africa. 8. 8. "Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta".
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...
2. Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American ...
Joe Madison. Operation Big Vote, 1978-? Joseph Madison (June 16, 1949 – January 31, 2024), alternatively known as " The Black Eagle " or " Madison ", was an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View.
Rebecca Graves ( m. 1974; div. 1982) Maura Dhu Studi ( m. 1986) Children. 3. Relatives. Jack Albertson (father-in-law) Website. wesleystudi .com. Wesley Studi ( Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ; born December 17, 1947) is a Native American ( Cherokee Nation) actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career ...
1976–present. S. Epatha Merkerson[ a] (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson; November 28, 1952) is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD ...
From the PBS television series, Finding Your Roots, hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Questlove learned in December 2017 that he was descended in part from Charles and Maggie Lewis, his three times great-grandparents, who had been taken captive in warfare and sold as slaves in the port of Ouidah, Dahomey (now Benin) to American ship ...
The bloody nose was written into the episode of Cheers How to Win Friends and Electrocute People. It was included in Time 's “100 Greatest Shows of All Time”. [ 13 ] Danson reprised the role of Sam Malone in a second-season episode of Frasier , and did the voiceover for his character in an episode of The Simpsons , " Fear of Flying ".