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What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans.

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Faces of America
Full episodes
4 VIDEOS

Know Thyself
54:40 Air Date 03/02/10

Making America
54:41 Air Date 02/23/10

Becoming American
55:11 Air Date 02/16/10

Our American Stories
54:40 Air Date 02/10/10
Previews
1 VIDEOS

Preview - Faces of America with henry Louis Gates, Jr.
3:39 Air Date 01/20/10
Shorts
39 VIDEOS

Connecting the African American past to the present
2:29 Air Date 05/18/12

A grandmother's influence
4:27 Air Date 01/20/10

Childhood stories
3:17 Air Date 01/20/10

Clifford Alexander and the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2:06 Air Date 01/20/10

Clifford Alexander, Sr. arrives in America
2:29 Air Date 01/20/10

Deciding to be a doctor
2:13 Air Date 01/20/10

Ethnic diversity
2:55 Air Date 01/20/10

Ethnic identification and discrimination
4:09 Air Date 01/20/10

Family traditions and customs
1:26 Air Date 01/20/10

Family, race and color
3:44 Air Date 01/20/10

First visit to Japan
4:59 Air Date 01/20/10

Going back to Italy
3:51 Air Date 01/20/10
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