Finding Your Roots | Clip | Imprisoned Puritan Great-Grandfather
John Lithgow discovers that his Puritan great-grandfather was arrested at 17-years old for his religious beliefs.
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Finding Your Roots
For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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