8pm Thursday FINDING YOUR ROOTS - History
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.
COUNTRY ROOTS - Henry Louis Gates Jr. uncovers the remarkably diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.
Clint Black is a Grammy Winning Country Superstar. He has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. Clint learns the truth behind his great-grandfather's immigration to the United States from Italy.
Roseanne Cash is one of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, She has released 15 albums that have earned four Grammy Awards and 12 nominations, as well as 21 top-40 hits, including 11 chart-topping singles. Rosanne Cash learns she has African American ancestry on both sides of her family tree.
