Finding Your Roots (2012)

Episode Overview

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons, the president of Brown University, have all reached the heights of their careers. However, they each began their journeys as second-class citizens in the Jim Crow South. This episode will delve into their family histories using DNA analysis, uncovering their African roots and revealing the identities of the white men found in their ancestral lines.