Finding Your Roots

Activist Roots

Season 8 Episode 2 | 52m 11s | WETA Passport

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them.

Aired: 01/11/22 | Expires: 01/10/26 | Rating: TV-PG

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and by The Inkwell Society and its members Candace King Weir; Lloyd Carney Foundation; Jim and Susan Swartz; Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal; Anne Wojcicki; Hayward and Kathy Draper; and Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Extras From This Episode

• Activist Roots Preview

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• Anita Hill Learns Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Identities

  Clip: S8 Ep2 | 1m 22s

• Anita Hill Unpacks Her Optimism and Humble Beginnings

  Clip: S8 Ep2 | 1m 17s

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