Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 23, 2014

Henry Louis Gates Jr., the executive producer, writer and presenter of "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.," talks about the new season of the show, including the progressive past of author Stephen King's southern ancestors and a discovery Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter makes about where his surname comes from. The new season premieres tonight on PBS.

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