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‘Finding Your Roots’ Probe Continuing As PBS Accepts Gates’ Apology For Ben...
PBS has informed member stations that, despite yesterday’s apology by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and executive producer Dyllan McGee, it is pressing ahead with its investigation into Finding Your Roots’...
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‘Finding Your Roots’ Producer’s Judgment On Ben Affleck Episode “Deadly” For...
PBS and WNET did a “good job” in their investigation about the censoring of the Ben Affleck episode of Finding Your Roots and made “sound recommendations” that send a “strong message” to all PBS...
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Ken Burns & Henry Louis Gates Will Live Stream Talk On Racial ‘Fault Line’
American Fault Line: Race And The American Ideal—Ken Burns & Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will be streamed live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 16, with newly announced moderator Michel...
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Henry Louis Gates Jr: Donald Trump’s Nomination Directly Related To 8 Years...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. said there is no doubt in his mind the rise of Donald Trump as the GOP presidential candidate is about the fact that, for the past nearly eight years, there has been a black...
View ArticleSlave Descendant Ana Navarro Tests Ted Danson’s Sense Of Responsibility At...
Ana Navarro's father thought she would learn she is descended from Spanish royalty when she participated in PBS's Finding Your Roots celebrity genealogy series, "so he's still recovering," she said,...
View ArticleLarry David And Bernie Sanders Shocked To Find Out They’re Related On...
When Larry David debuted his Bernie Sanders impersonation on Saturday Night Live, the similarities were uncanny. The Curb Your Enthusiasm star looked, talked and walked almost exactly like the Senator....
View ArticleFusion Seeks New Diverse Voices Through Open Call For TV Projects
Cable network Fusion, a division of Fusion Media Group (FMG) that focuses on programming for diverse youth, has issued an open call for scripted and unscripted television projects. The emphasis is on...
View ArticleNew Diversity Org, The Creative Thread Foundation, Has Few Women On Its Board
The Rev. Al Sharpton has been appointed to the founding board of the Creative Thread Foundation, a newly formed organization dedicated to "opening doors for multicultural representation, diversity and...
View ArticleHouse Speaker Paul Ryan Discovers Ashkenazi Jewish Heritage On ‘Finding Your...
House Speaker Paul Ryan participated in the upcoming 5th season of PBS’s Finding Your Roots and discovered he is 3% Ashkenazi Jewish “which about knocked his head off, to tell you the truth,” Henry...
View ArticleBob Iger & Henry Louis Gates Jr. To Receive PEN America Honors; Live Gala Set...
EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Disney executive chairman Bob Iger and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. are set to receive top honors from PEN America in person this fall at NYC’s American Museum of Natural...
View ArticlePeacock Acquires Documentary ‘Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)’ & Sets...
Peacock has acquired Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are), a documentary from director Rachel Boynton whose EPs include Brad Pitt and Henry Louis Gates Jr. The film will bow June 17 on NBCUniversal’s...
View ArticleFrederick Douglass Documentary ‘In Five Speeches’ Gets Premiere At HBO
HBO Documentary will release the documentary Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches on February 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT via HBO and HBO Max, from executive producers Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Dyllan McGee....
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