Finding Your Roots · SEASON 1

John Legend and Wanda Sykes

Episode 9 · 2012-05-13

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Episode overview

Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of free black people who evaded bondage during that terrible time? Musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about, while Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper delve into the mysteries shrouding the free people of color in their family trees.

60 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.2012-03-24 2. John Lewis and Cory Booker2012-03-24 3. Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada2012-04-01 4. Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon2012-04-07 5. Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi2012-04-14 6. Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal2012-04-28 7. Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons2012-04-29 8. Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta2012-05-06 9. John Legend and Wanda Sykes2012-05-13 10. Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez2012-05-20