(The Root) — The search for African-American ancestors can be complicated by the fact that some of our slave ancestors took as their last names the surnames of their masters when they were freed in ...

Fresh off its first Emmy nomination — a 2024 nod in the Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special category — the PBS series Finding Your Roots is coming back for Season 11 on Tuesday, January 7, ...

The third season of the ancestry-research program Finding Your Roots, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., has been postponed by PBS after a determination that an episode of the program ...

The latest series from the creator of ‘Finding Your Roots’, explores the fascinating evolution of gospel music.

Ahead of the annual Root 100 awards, we’re taking a look at the life of The Root’s founder, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates was born Sept. 16, 1950 in Keyser, W.Va. He grew up in the small neighboring ...