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African American Lives is a PBS television miniseries hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., focusing on African American genealogical research. The family histories of prominent people of African American descent are explored using traditional genealogic techniques as well as genetic analysis.
Original Release
02/01/2006 on PBS
US Release
02/01/2006
Cast
Name | Character |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self / Self - Host |
Whoopi Goldberg | Self |
Chris Tucker | Self |
Oprah Winfrey | Self |
Quincy Jones | Self |
T.D. Jakes | Self |
Ben Carson | Self |
Mae C. Jemison | Self |
Mike Wiley | (voice) |
Pamela Arkin | (voice) |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Road Home | Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
2 | A Way Out of No Way | Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
3 | We Come from People | Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
4 | The Past Is Another Country | Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
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Directors
Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Jesse Sweet, Graham Judd, Jack Youngelson, Leslie D. Farrell
Writers
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Shebana Coelho, Kelly Quinn
Cast
Name | Character |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self / Self - Host |
Whoopi Goldberg | Self |
Chris Tucker | Self |
Oprah Winfrey | Self |
Quincy Jones | Self |
T.D. Jakes | Self |
Ben Carson | Self |
Mae C. Jemison | Self |
Mike Wiley | (voice) |
Pamela Arkin | (voice) |
Morgan Freeman | Self |
Don Cheadle | Self |
Chris Rock | Self |
Maya Angelou | Self |
Jackie Joyner | Self |
Tom Joyner | Self |
Linda Johnson Rice | Self |
Peter J. Gomes | Self |
Bliss Broyard | Self |
Kathleen Henderson | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Executive Producer |
Dyllan McGee | Executive Producer |
William Grant | Executive Producer |
Peter W. Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
Sabin Streeter | Producer |
Amilca Palmer | Producer |
Julia Marchesi | Producer |
Graham Judd | Producer |
Alicia Stewart | Producer |
Lewanne Jones | Producer |
Barnard Jaffier | Producer |
Stephanie Carter | Producer |
Tara Thomas | Producer |
Mike Berk | Producer |
Prudence Arndt | Producer |
Catarina Serrao/Mundo | Producer |
Georgia Reath | Producer |
Ben Spivak | Producer |
Amy Rockefeller | Producer |
Philip Kunhardt III | Producer |
Wendy Llinas | Producer |
Sandra I. McDaniel | Producer |
Titi Yu | Producer |
Jesse Sweet | Producer |
Leslie Asako Gladsjo | Producer |
Jack Youngelson | Producer |
Leslie Farrell | Producer |