Wondering what’s on the minds of youth when it comes to genealogy? Join the virtual conversation with Student Reporting Labs on Wed. Feb. 8 at 8/7c.
This event, Genealogy & The Next Generation, is the second of a 4-part National Conversation Series in connection with Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and presents an intergenerational conversation about family trees. The conversation will be moderated by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab alumna Sonal Prakash and feature Finding Your Roots lead genealogist Akosua E. Moore, filmmaker and scholar Thomas Allen Harris, and college sophomore Naima Blanco-Norberg who is delving into genealogy research.
Season Nine of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will air on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesdays at 8pm ET beginning on January 3, 2023. Tune-in as Dr. Gates and his team uncover the long-buried secrets, hidden identities, and lost ancestors of today’s most compelling personalities.
To learn more visit pbs.org/finding-your-roots
About the “Finding Your Roots” National Conversation Series
Now in its ninth season, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., continues to be one of the most popular series in public media. The program expertly uncovers the long-buried secrets, hidden identities, and lost ancestors of today’s most compelling personalities, and explores the connections that bind us together.
Join us in the first few months of 2023 for a compelling series of 4 virtual conversations on topics related to genealogy – one event each month Finding Your Roots is on the air (January-April).
Learn more about the conversation series, and see the full schedule.
Funding Credits:
Corporate support for Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season Nine is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; and by The Inkwell Society and its members Jim and Susan Swartz; Hayward and Kathy Draper; Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein; Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong; and Anne Wojcicki.
