Finding Your Roots - Season 1 Episode 2 John Lewis and Cory Booker
In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory Booker was raised in an affluent, all-white New Jersey suburb. Although both men have devoted their lives to the betterment of African-American people, neither of them knows much about their own ancestors. In this episode, we introduce Booker to his white great-grandfather, a man he never knew, and move Lewis to tears over the extraordinary ambitions and accomplishments of his slave ancestors..
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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First Air Date: Mar 24, 2012
Last Air date: Apr 09, 2024
Season: 10 Season
Episode: 106 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.20/10 by 12.00 users
Popularity: 33.96
Language: English
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