Finding Your Roots

Season 1 Episode 2: John Lewis and Cory Booker

In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory Booker was raised in an affluent, all-white New Jersey suburb. Although both men have devoted their lives to the betterment of African-American people, neither of them knows much about their own ancestors. In this episode, we introduce Booker to his white great-grandfather, a man he never knew, and move Lewis to tears over the extraordinary ambitions and accomplishments of his slave ancestors..

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

12

Episodes:

126

Cast:

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2012

Rating:

6.5