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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Musician John Legend and comedienne Wanda Sykes, as well as Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper, discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about.
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Director
Jesse Sweet
Writer
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (as Henry Louis Gates)
Producer
Jesse Sweet
Composer
Michael Bacon (composed by)
Cinematographers
Stephen McCarthy | Sam Russell (as Samuel Z. Russell) | Graham Smith
Editor
Lisa Shreve
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 13, 2012
Release date
May 13, 2012 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 2 nominations

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12 cast members
Name Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates)   See fewer
12 Years a Slave (2013)
John Legend
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
La La Land (2016)
Wanda Sykes
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Margarett Cooper
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Johni Cerny
Self - Genealogist Self - Genealogist   See fewer
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
David Deskins
Self - Researcher Self - Researcher   See fewer
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Paul Finkelman
Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School   See fewer
African American Lives (2006)
James L. Hale
Self - Author and John's Cousin (as James Hale) Self - Author and John's Cousin (as James Hale)   See fewer
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Susan O'Donovan
Self - Historian, University of Memphis Self - Historian, University of Memphis   See fewer
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Leave the World Behind (2023)
Ronald Lamar Stephens
Self - John's Father Self - John's Father   See fewer
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Eva Sheppard Wolf
Self - Historian, San Francisco State University Self - Historian, San Francisco State University   See fewer
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
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