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Samuel L. Jackson / Condoleezza Rice / Ruth Simmons

Year

2012

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

1h 0m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, Ruth Simmons

Directed By

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Publication Information

PBS

Summary

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president, Ruth Simmons, have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second-class citizen in the Jim Crow south. DNA is used to investigate family mysteries: Where in Africa do they come from and who are the white men in their family trees?

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