Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Musician John Legend and comedienne Wanda Sykes, as well as Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper, discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about.

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
John Legend Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	La La Land (2016)
Wanda Sykes Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Monster-in-Law (2005)
Margarett Cooper Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Johni Cerny Self - Genealogist Self - Genealogist See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
David Deskins Self - Researcher Self - Researcher See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Paul Finkelman Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
James L. Hale Self - Author and John's Cousin (as James Hale) Self - Author and John's Cousin (as James Hale) See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Susan O'Donovan Self - Historian, University of Memphis Self - Historian, University of Memphis See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Ronald Lamar Stephens Self - John's Father Self - John's Father See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Eva Sheppard Wolf Self - Historian, San Francisco State University Self - Historian, San Francisco State University See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)