Name: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
Released: 2012-04-29

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.

Show Finding Your Roots

Episode S01E07

Air Date Apr 29, 2012

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. S01E01 The Return S01E02 Like Father, Like Son S01E02 John Lewis and Cory Booker S01E03 Fatal Flaw S01E03 Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada S01E04 Blue Lights S01E04 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon S01E05 Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi S01E05 Best Buddies S01E06 Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal S01E06 Secrets S01E07 Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons S01E07 One for the Road S01E08 Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta S01E08 Peregrine S01E09 John Legend and Wanda Sykes S01E09 Society's Pet S01E10 Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez S01E10 Fever S01E11 The Gift S01E12 The System S01E13 Appearances S01E14 The Probe S01E15 Dusty S01E16 Barriers S01E17 Grifters S01E18 The Wedding S01E19 Fathers and Sons S01E20 Starscape (1) S01E21 Starscape (2) S01E22 The Test

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons (S01E07)

Season 1 Episodes