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Valerie Jarrett's Groundbreaking Great-Grandfather

Season 2 Episode 6

Valerie Jarrett digs into the family history of her legendary Great-Grandfather.

Valerie Jarrett digs into the family history of her legendary Great-Grandfather, MIT's first African-American graduate and an accomplished architect, recruited to help build the prestigious Tuskegee Institute. How did a man born into slavery have the resources to send his son to a private college?

AIR DATE 10/27/14

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Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 28 cultural trailblazers with fascinating histories. The series ends with an exploration of how science and history can inspire the next generation.

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