Finding Your Roots: Finding My Roots

Tuesday, August 19 at 8 p.m. 

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom and compassion.

But in this unique and highly emotional episode, actor Laurence Fishburne is joined by Dr. Gates, who finds himself a guest on his own show for the first time.

Both men have been haunted by profound family mysteries for years. Cutting-edge DNA detective work will solve those mysteries, introducing Fishburne and Dr. Gates to ancestors whose names they have longed to hear.

Trace Adkins joins the U.S. Army Field Band in
aired Nov. 10

Trace Adkins hosts ‘Salute to Service 2025’

A graphic of the American Revolution with text reading: America at 250: Indigenous Voices
Nov. 12

‘America at 250: Indigenous Voices’ screening, panel discussion

Federal shutdown leads to strain on Arizona food assistance programs

Graphic of an Emmy® statue with text reading: Arizona PBS nominated for 8 Rocky Mountain Emmy® awards

Arizona PBS receives three 2025 Emmy® awards, nominated for eight

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