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Summary Note

A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

General Note

Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.

Content Note

Listening to our past /producer and director, Jesse Sweet -- Promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director,  Graham Judd.