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Episodes (4)

Listening to Our Past
S01E01 · Listening to Our Past

Feb 01, 2006

Episode Four presents fascinating discoveries about participants' lineages thanks to DNA analysis.

The Promise of Freedom
S01E02 · The Promise of Freedom

Feb 01, 2006

From the early 20th century to the end of the Civil War, a look at how African Americans defined their freedom after slavery. Dr. Gates learns that courthouse records of land acquisitions, documents from the Freedmen's Bureau and the 1870 census prove important resources for tracing the participants' lineage through Reconstruction.

Searching for Our Names
S01E03 · Searching for Our Names

Feb 08, 2006

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Beyond the Middle Passage
S01E04 · Beyond the Middle Passage

Feb 08, 2006

Dr. Gates visits scientists around the country using DNA analysis to trace ancestral roots. He and one participant make the last leg of the journey, back to Africa, visiting the West African port from which the participant's patrilineal ancestor was likely shipped into slavery, and meeting tribal elders whose DNA suggests are the participant's cousins.

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African American Lives Season 1 (2006) is released on Feb 01, 2006 and the latest season 2 of African American Lives is released in 2008. Watch African American Lives online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. African American Lives is directed by Leslie Asako Gladsjo,Graham Judd,Jesse Sweet,Leslie D. Farrell and created by Shebana Coelho with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Chris Tucker. African American Lives is available online on Apple TV and Amazon Video.

As know as:

African American Lives 2, African American Lives, African American Lives 2(second season title)

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Kunhardt Films, McGee Media, Thirteen / WNET

Official Site:

PBS (United States)

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