Did anyone watch the premiere of "African American Lives 2" on PBS tonight? In a nutshell, Dr. Henry Louis Gates does geneology research on several famous African Americans and presents his findings to them. They did this last year for people like Oprah, Whoopi, Chris Tucker.
This year they profiled:
Tom Joyner
Dr. Maya Angelou
Tina Turner
Linda Johnson Rice
Morgan Freeman
Don Cheadle
Chris Rock
Jackie Joyner Kersee....and several others
I found the research they did on Tom Joyner's past VERY interesting. His great uncles were executed back in 1915 for a crime they didn't commit...he has NO idea that this even HAPPENED...
Or how Don Cheadle's slave ancestors were enslaved by NATIVE AMERICANS and not whites....
Makes you wonder about the "roots" of your family tree!
Tonight was only part one, I believe its a 4-part series. For more information, see here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/
Share your thoughts with the group! Have you done extensive research on your family tree?
African American Lives 2
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