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Moving On Up

Year

2025

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

1h 0m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Directed By

Sabin Streeter

Publication Information

PBS

Summary

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch--two African Americans whose ancestors broke boundaries as they moved from slavery to freedom. Traveling from plantations in the south to cities in the north, Gates uses his detective skills to piece together the lives of women and men who survived unimaginable ordeals--and emerged to forge thriving families.

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