Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary

Finding Your Roots Episode 1.09 John Legend and Wanda Sykes

Finding Your Roots Episode 1.09 John Legend and Wanda Sykes

Episode Premiere

May 13, 2012

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Kunhardt McGee Productions

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/

Information

Episode Premiere

May 13, 2012

Genre

Documentary

Period

2012 -

Production Co

Kunhardt McGee Productions

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Henry Louis Gates
Jr.

Additional Cast

Margarett Cooper
John Legend
Barack Obama
Wanda Sykes

Synopsis

Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of free black people who evaded bondage during that terrible time? Musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about, while Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper delve into the mysteries shrouding the free people of color in their family trees.