79K views · 2.2K reactions | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Reels | Facebook

#FindingYourRoots Season 8 is bursting with reveals, including family mysteries solved and long-hidden secrets uncovered for Pamela Adlon, #ReginaKing, #RebeccaHall, Brittany Packnett Cunningham and more! Mark your calendars for an all-new season starting on Tuesday, Jan 4 at 8/7c on @PBS. | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

For the first time ever, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. becomes the guest on his own show! Watch as groundbreaking DNA research uncovers deep family mysteries for both him and Laurence Fishburne in an unforgettable episode of Finding Your Roots. Tune in tomorrow night at 8/7c only on PBS! | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

144K views · 7.8K reactions | NEW AGE NEW ME. I’m turning a whole year older today and embracing all the new adventures! Cheers to new beginnings, fresh goals, and a fabulous year ahead! ✨ | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Facebook

John Lewis has crossed over the final bridge. The last of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders is gone. If courage had a name, it was his, and he leaves us at a time when the stakes of all he struggled for could not be higher. For John Lewis, voting was sacramental, and he shed his blood for us to exercise this most fundamental of rights. Forevermore, generations, starting with this one, will honor him by casting their ballots, a secular communion meant to strengthen our democracy. His roar as 'th

Brittany Packnett Cunningham and #AnitaHill join me on the next episode of #FindingYourRoots! These two trailblazers made profound sacrifices for social justice and now they have the chance to discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them. Watch next Tuesday, January 11 at 8/7c on PBS! | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

259K views · 7.7K reactions | “Even though he couldn’t read, and he couldn’t write, he could feel.” #ReginaKing sheds tears of joy while reading the voter registration card of her third-great-grandfather who registered only two years after slavery ended. Watch this powerful episode of #FindingYourRoots with Regina and #DamonLindelof of Watchmen HBO now on pbs.org/findingyourroots or the PBS Video App! | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Facebook

10K views · 678 reactions | “Black Americans created a world on the other side of the color-line”. Join some friends and me as we dive deeper into the conversation of how Black America was made. #MakingBlackAmericaPBS premieres October 4 at 9/8c, only on PBS. Learn more about the series at pbs.org/makingblackamerica. | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Facebook