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Gospel
Extended Trailer
Preview: S1 | 3m 18s
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Trailer
Preview: S1 | 30s
Finding Your Roots
Out of the Past
S9 Ep10 | 52m 9s

Finding Your Roots

New
Latin Roots
S11 Ep6 | 52m 10s
Family Recipes
S11 Ep5 | 52m 10s
Dreamers One And All
S11 Ep4 | 52m 10s
Stranger Than Fiction
S11 Ep3 | 52m 10s
La Famiglia
S11 Ep2 | 52m 10s
Larger Than Life
S11 Ep1 | 52m 10s

New
Finding Your Roots
Latin Roots
S11 Ep6 | 52m 10s
New
Great Migrations: A People on The Move
One Way Ticket Back
Ep3 | 52m 25s
Gospel
The Gospel Train
Ep1 | 52m 25s
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2/9/2024 | 52m 42s
Making Black America
Episode 4
Ep4 | 52m 46s
The Black Church
Episode 2
Ep2 | 1h 49m 49s

Making Black America - Episodes and Features

Episode 2
Ep2 | 53m 11s
Episode 3
Ep3 | 53m 11s
Episode 4
Ep4 | 52m 46s
What is “Black Love?”
Clip: Ep1 | 1m 55s
The Building of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Clip: Ep2 | 1m 15s
The Evolution of Black Literature
Clip: Ep1 | 52s
Annie Malone's and CJ Walker's Beauty Empires
Clip: Ep2 | 1m 19s
Inside Look
Clip | 1m 30s

The Black Church

Episode 1
Ep1 | 1h 50m 9s
Episode 2
Ep2 | 1h 49m 49s
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reflects on the Black Church
Clip: S1 | 2m 46s
Cornerstones | The Reader
Special | 2m 20s
Cornerstones | The Servant
Special | 2m 37s
Cornerstones | The Hymnist
Special | 2m 40s

Bring Professor Gates into the Classroom

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Finding Your Roots Educational Materials
Explore these standards-based lesson plans to dive into U.S. and world history, by taking personal stories and diving into important moments that shaped our world.
PBS LearningMedia
The Black Church Educational Materials
Teachers are invited to utilize these lesson plans, which are drawn from the series, to explore the ways that the Black church has shaped our nation's history.
PBS LearningMedia
Africa's Great Civilizations Educational Material
Africa's Great Civilizations takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. Explore lessons for middle school and high school grade levels.
PBS LearningMedia
Black America Since MLK: Educational Materials
Explore educational materials from the series Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise.

Episode 1

Making Black America

Episode 1

Hour one details how African Americans have created spaces for survival, pleasure and joy.

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