Topic: Henry Louis Gates

Young woman on sofa with grandmother looking at photo album

"Finding Your Roots" highlights its fans

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Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas finds a celeb DNA cousin

Nardos Haile
Finding Your Roots

Michael Douglas' Revolutionary War ties

Nardos Haile
Finding Your Roots

Dionne Warwick uncovers slave ancestors

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Sunny Hostin descends from slave owners

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A complex & fraught "Finding Your Roots"

Melanie McFarland
The Black Church

PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church"

Melanie McFarland
Jeff Sessions; Henry Louis Gates Jr

Jeff calls Black scholar a "criminal"

Igor Derysh
Finding Your Roots; Melissa McCarthy; Henry Louis Gates

The politics of "Finding Your Roots"

Melanie McFarland
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

"Terror became part of the mythology"

Melanie McFarland
Bernie Sanders; Larry David

Sanders and David are cousins!

Charlie May
Henry Louis Gates

America: Black, white & blues

Scott Timberg
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In my genes

David Updike
Ben Affleck

Ben & Skip's Bogus Journey

Andrew O'Hehir
Ben Affleck

PBS launches investigation

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Watch Affleck brag

Joanna Rothkopf
Ben Affleck

An unusual editorial request

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Very sneaky, Brooks & Coulter

Thomas Frank
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David Brooks' twisted manhood

Paul Rosenberg
Image for Bill O’Reilly says black Americans are poor because of Obama and “the culture”

O'Reilly: It's "the culture"

Elias Isquith
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What to get Rush for Christmas

Joan Walsh
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How to fight racism now

Daniel D'Addario
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