Faces of America is a four-part series in which Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans in an effort to understand what made the United States the place it is today.
The final episode, “Know Thyself” airs this Wednesday (March 3) on PBS.  In [...]

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Faces of America is a four-part series in which Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans in an effort to understand what made the United States the place it is today.

The list of participants includes:

Elizabeth Alexander, professor and poet
Mario Batali, chef
Stephen Colbert, comedian
Louise [...]

Tags: Dr. Mehmet Oz, Elizabeth Alexander, Eva Longoria, Faces of America, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Her Majesty Queen Noor, Kristi Yamaguchi, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, Mario Batali, Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, PBS, Stephen Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma