S1E9
John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Finding Your Roots · 2012-05-13 · 60 min
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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.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E9 →guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
- MMargarett Cooper as Self
John Legend as Self
Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)
Wanda Sykes as Self