Finding Your Roots Season 1 Episode 2
John Lewis and Cory Booker
In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory Booker was raised in an affluent, all-white New Jersey suburb. Although both men have devoted their lives to the betterment of African-American people, neither of them knows much about their own ancestors. In this episode, we introduce Booker to his white great-grandfather, a man he never knew, and move Lewis to tears over the extraordinary ambitions and accomplishments of his slave ancestors..
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- 1 - 9John Legend and Wanda SykesMay. 13, 2012
- 1 - 8Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay GuptaMay. 06, 2012
- 1 - 7Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth SimmonsApr. 29, 2012
- 1 - 6Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie GyllenhaalApr. 28, 2012
- 1 - 5Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir QadhiApr. 14, 2012
- 1 - 4Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin BaconApr. 07, 2012
- 1 - 3Barbara Walters and Geoffrey CanadaApr. 01, 2012
- 1 - 2John Lewis and Cory BookerMar. 24, 2012
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