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Season 1
1x01
Mar 25, 2012
Harry Connick Jr. - Branford Marsalis
1x02
Mar 25, 2012
Cory Booker and John Lewis
1x03
Apr 01, 2012
Barbara Walters - Geoffrey Canada
1x04
Apr 08, 2012
Kevin Bacon - Kyra Sedgwick
1x05
Apr 15, 2012
Angela Buchdahl - Rick Warren - Yasir Qadhi
1x06
Apr 22, 2012
Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
1x07
Apr 29, 2012
Samuel L. Jackson - Condoleezza Rice - Ruth Simmons
1x08
May 06, 2012
Sanjay Gupta - Margaret Cho - Martha Stewart
1x09
May 13, 2012
John Legend - Wanda Sykes - Margarett Cooper
1x10
May 20, 2012
Michelle Rodriguez - Adrian Grenier - Linda Chavez
Season 2
2x01
Sep 23, 2014
In Search of Our Fathers
2x02
Sep 30, 2014
Born Champions
2x03
Oct 07, 2014
Our American Storytellers
2x04
Oct 14, 2014
Roots of Freedom
2x05
Oct 21, 2014
The Melting Pot
2x06
Oct 28, 2014
We Come From People
2x07
Nov 04, 2014
Our People, Our Traditions
2x08
Nov 11, 2014
The British Invasion
2x09
Nov 18, 2014
Ancient Roots
2x10
Nov 25, 2014
Decoding Our Past
Season 3
3x01
Jan 05, 2016
The Stories We Tell
3x02
Jan 12, 2016
The Irish Factor
3x03
Jan 19, 2016
In Search of Freedom
3x04
Jan 26, 2016
Tragedy + Time = Comedy
3x05
Feb 02, 2016
Visionaries
3x06
Feb 09, 2016
War Stories
3x07
Feb 16, 2016
Family Reunions
3x08
Feb 23, 2016
The Pioneers
3x09
Mar 01, 2016
The Long Way Home
3x10
Mar 08, 2016
Maps of Stars
Season 4
4x01
Oct 03, 2017
The Impression
4x02
Oct 10, 2017
Unfamiliar Kin
4x03
Oct 17, 2017
Puritans and Pioneers
4x04
Oct 24, 2017
The Vanguard
4x05
Oct 31, 2017
Immigrant Nation
4x06
Nov 07, 2017
Black Like Me
4x07
Nov 14, 2017
Children of the Revolution
4x08
Nov 21, 2017
Relatives We Never Knew We Had
4x09
Dec 12, 2017
Southern Roots
4x10
Dec 19, 2017
Funny Business
Season 5
5x01
Jan 08, 2019
Grandparents and Other Strangers
5x02
Jan 15, 2019
Mystery Men
5x03
Jan 22, 2019
Reporting on the Reporters
5x04
Jan 29, 2019
Dreaming of a New Land
5x05
Feb 05, 2019
Freedom Tales
5x06
Feb 12, 2019
Roots in Politics
5x07
Feb 19, 2019
No Laughing Matter
5x08
Feb 26, 2019
Hard Times
5x09
Apr 02, 2019
The Eye of the Beholder
5x10
Apr 09, 2019
All in the Family
Season 6
6x01
Oct 08, 2019
Hollywood Royalty
6x02
Oct 15, 2019
Off the Farm
6x03
Jan 07, 2020
Homecomings
6x04
Jan 14, 2020
This Land Is My Land
6x05
Jan 21, 2020
Beyond the Pale
6x06
Jan 28, 2020
Secrets and Lies
6x07
Feb 04, 2020
Science Pioneers
6x08
Feb 11, 2020
Slave Trade
6x09
Feb 18, 2020
Italian Roots
6x10
Feb 25, 2020
Criminal Kind
6x11
Oct 13, 2020
Fashion's Roots
6x12
Oct 20, 2020
DNA Mysteries
6x13
Nov 10, 2020
War Stories
6x14
Nov 17, 2020
Flight
6x15
Jan 05, 2021
Breaking Silences
6x16
Jan 12, 2021
Coming to America
6x17
Jan 19, 2021
To The Manor Born
6x18
Jan 26, 2021
The Mole Agent
6x19
Feb 02, 2021
No Irish Need Apply
6x20
Feb 09, 2021
The Shirts On Their Backs
6x21
Feb 16, 2021
Write My Name In The Book Of Life
Season 7
7x01
Jan 19, 2021
To the Manor Born
7x02
Jan 26, 2021
Against All Odds
7x03
Feb 02, 2021
No Irish Need Apply
7x04
Feb 09, 2021
The Shirts on Their Backs
7x05
Feb 16, 2021
Write My Name in the Book of Life
7x06
Feb 23, 2021
Country Roots
7x07
Apr 13, 2021
The New World
7x08
Apr 20, 2021
Anchored to the Past
7x09
Apr 27, 2021
On Broadway
7x10
May 04, 2021
Laughing on the Inside
Season 8
8x01
Jan 04, 2022
Hidden in the Genes
8x02
Jan 04, 2022
Children of Exile
8x03
Jan 11, 2022
Activist Roots
8x04
Jan 25, 2022
Things We Don't Discuss
8x05
Feb 01, 2022
Mexican Roots
8x06
Feb 08, 2022
Fighters
8x07
Feb 15, 2022
Forgotten Journeys
8x08
Feb 22, 2022
Songs of the Past
8x09
Apr 12, 2022
Watchmen
8x10
Apr 19, 2022
Where Did We Come From?
Season 9
9x01
Jan 03, 2023
Hidden Kin
9x02
Jan 10, 2023
Salem's Lot
9x03
Jan 17, 2023
Secret Lives
9x04
Jan 24, 2023
Far From Home
9x05
Jan 31, 2023
Rising From the Ashes
9x06
Feb 07, 2023
Family: Lost and Found
9x07
Feb 14, 2023
Chosen
9x08
Feb 21, 2023
And Still I Rise
9x09
Feb 28, 2023
Anchormen
9x10
Mar 07, 2023
Out of the Past
Season 10
10x01
Jan 02, 2024
Born To Sing
10x02
Jan 09, 2024
Forever Young
10x03
Jan 16, 2024
Fathers and Sons
10x04
Jan 23, 2024
Buried Secrets
10x05
Jan 30, 2024
Hold the Laughter
10x06
Feb 06, 2024
Far and Away
10x07
Feb 13, 2024
The Brick Wall Falls
10x08
Feb 20, 2024
Mean Streets
10x09
Apr 02, 2024
In the Blood
10x10
Apr 09, 2024
Viewers Like You
Season 11
11x01
Jan 07, 2025
Larger Than Life
11x02
Jan 14, 2025
La Famiglia
11x03
Jan 21, 2025
Stranger Than Fiction
11x04
Jan 28, 2025
Dreamers One and All
11x05
Feb 04, 2025
Family Recipes
11x06
Feb 11, 2025
Latin Roots
11x07
Feb 18, 2025
The Ties That Bind
11x08
Feb 25, 2025
The Butterfly Effect
11x09
Apr 01, 2025
Moving on Up
11x10
Apr 08, 2025
Finding My Roots
Season 12
12x01
Jan 06, 2026
American Dreams
12x02
Jan 13, 2026
Great Migrations
12x03
Jan 20, 2026
Caribbean Roots
12x04
Jan 27, 2026
The Road We Took
12x05
Feb 03, 2026
Love & Basketball
12x06
Feb 10, 2026
Westward Bound
12x07
Feb 17, 2026
Family Harmonies
12x08
Feb 24, 2026
Artistic Roots
12x09
Apr 07, 2026
Song of the South
12x10
Apr 14, 2026
Rags to Riches
Adolf Hitler
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John F. Kennedy
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Barack Obama
as Self
David Duchovny
as 1 episode
Sean Combs
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Bill Maher
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Anna Deavere Smith
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Sarah Silverman
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Pamela Adlon
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Aziz Ansari
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Bill Hader
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Jordan Peele
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Jim Gaffigan
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Fred Armisen
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Kathryn Hahn
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Cyndi Lauper
as 1 episode
Tig Notaro
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Carly Simon
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Andy Samberg
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Paul Rudd
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Jessica Alba
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
as 1 episode, 2019
Maya Rudolph
as Herself 2 episodes, 2016-2017
Marisa Tomei
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Christopher Meloni
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Ty Burrell
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Chloë Sevigny
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Richard Kind
as 1 episode
Carmelo Anthony
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Mario Lopez
as Self 1 episode, 2022
David Chang
as Self 1 episode
Lidia Bastianich
as Herself - Chef 1 episode, 2016
Jane Lynch
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Gloria Reuben
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
George Stephanopoulos
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Steve Carell
as Himself 1 episode, 2020
Chrissy Teigen
as Self - Guest
Robert Downey Jr.
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Dustin Hoffman
as Himself - Actor 1 episode, 2016
Samuel L. Jackson
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
John Waters
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Kevin Bacon
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Isabella Rossellini
as (Herself) 1 episode, 2019
Julianne Moore
as Herself - Interviewee 1 episode, 2016
Pharrell Williams
as Self 1 episode
Harry Connick Jr.
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Glenn Close
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Sigourney Weaver
as Herself 1 episode, 2020
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Jeff Daniels
as 1 episode
Michael Bacon
as Self - Kevin's Brother 1 episode, 2012
Lewis Black
as Self 1 episode, 2021
John McCain
as Himself - Interviewee 1 episode, 2016
Bill O'Reilly
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Michael Moore
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Ben Affleck
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Anderson Cooper
as Himself 2 episodes, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
as Self 1 episode, 2021
John Leguizamo
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Ted Danson
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Jimmy Kimmel
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Wanda Sykes
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Nathan Lane
as Self 1 episode, 2022
LL Cool J
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Patricia Arquette
as Herself - Interviewee 1 episode, 2016
Neil Patrick Harris
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Billy Crudup
as 1 episode
Lisa Ling
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Edward Norton
as 1 episode
Soledad O'Brien
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Ken Burns
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Christopher Walken
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
David Sedaris
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Marco Rubio
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Melissa McCarthy
as (Herself) 1 episode, 2019
Sammy Hagar
as Self 1 episode, 2024
Queen Latifah
as Herself - Guest 1 episode, 2020
Margaret Cho
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Tony Danza
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Sanjay Gupta
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Donna Brazile
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Richard Branson
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Christiane Amanpour
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Barbara Walters
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Larry David
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Laura Linney
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Condoleezza Rice
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
John Lewis
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Khandi Alexander
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Rebecca Lobo
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Jeff Goldblum
as 1 episode, 2020
Felicity Huffman
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
S. Epatha Merkerson
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Anjelica Huston
as (Herself) 1 episode, 2019
Stephen King
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Martha Stewart
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Tina Fey
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Sharon Stone
as Self - Guest
Claire Danes
as 1 episode
Deepak Chopra
as 1 episode, 2014
Harold Varmus
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Lee Daniels
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Sting
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Deval Patrick
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Kal Penn
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Bernie Sanders
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Cory Booker
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Sheryl Sandberg
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Michael Strahan
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Anita Hill
as Self 1 episode
Scarlett Johansson
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Norman Lear
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Danny Trejo
as 1 episode
Ava DuVernay
as Herself 1 episode, 2020
John Legend
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Marc Maron
as 1 episode, 2020
Phil McGraw
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Eric Stonestreet
as (Himself) 1 episode, 2019
Roy Wood Jr.
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Amy Schumer
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
George R.R. Martin
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
William H. Macy
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Andy Cohen
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Terry Crews
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Adrian Grenier
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Joe Manganiello
as 1 episode
John Lithgow
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Carol Burnett
as 1 episode
Erin Burnett
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Seth Meyers
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Nas
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Kyra Sedgwick
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Niecy Nash
as 1 episode
Courtney B. Vance
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Sterling K. Brown
as 1 episode, 2020
Ta-Nehisi Coates
as Self
Lupita Nyong'o
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Johnny Cash
as Self
Mary Steenburgen
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Rebecca Hall
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Leslie Odom Jr.
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Audra McDonald
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Justina Machado
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Gaby Hoffmann
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Gloria Steinem
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Van Jones
as 1 episode
Norah O'Donnell
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Ana Navarro
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Tom Colicchio
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Mia Farrow
as Herself - Actress 1 episode, 2016
Ben Jealous
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
John Turturro
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Linda Chavez
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Janet Mock
as Self
Brian Cox
as 1 episode
Michelle Rodriguez
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Sasheer Zamata
as 1 episode, 2020
Derek Jeter
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Rosanne Cash
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Branford Marsalis
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Kieran Culkin
as Self 1 episode, 2023
Sally Field
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Julianna Margulies
as Herself - Actress 1 episode, 2016
Bryant Gumbel
as Himself 1 episode, 2017
Carole King
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
RuPaul
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Regina King
as Self 1 episode
Josh Meyers
as Self
Diane von Fürstenberg
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Gayle King
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Azar Nafisi
as Herself - Author 1 episode, 2016
Zac Posen
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Tony Shalhoub
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Frank O. Gehry
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Angela Bassett
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Mandy Patinkin
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Terry Gross
as 1 episode, 2020
Damon Lindelof
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Ming Tsai
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Issa Rae
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Jeffrey Wright
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2020
Henry Louis Gates
as Himself - Host 31 episodes, 2012-2017
Jonathan Batiste
as 1 episode, 2020
Ellis Marsalis
as Self - Branford's Father 1 episode, 2012
Melissa Villasenor
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Ann Curry
as Herself 1 episode, 2019
Paul Ryan
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Geoffrey Canada
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
André Leon Talley
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Jeh Johnson
as Self 1 episode, 2023
Alan M. Dershowitz
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Billie Jean King
as Herself 1 episode, 2014
Maya Lin
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Raúl Esparza
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Tamera Mowry-Housley
as 1 episode
Clint Black
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Himself 1 episode, 2019
Jamie Chung
as 1 episode
Amy Carlson
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Amy Ryan
as Herself 1 episode, 2020
Don Lemon
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Nina Totenberg
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Rick Warren
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Tony Kushner
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Francis Collins
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Tony Gonzalez
as 1 episode
Viola Davis
as 1 episode
Téa Leoni
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
David Burtka
as Self 1 episode, 2016
Julia Roberts
as 1 episode
Naomi Foner
as Self 1 episode, 2012
Valerie Jarrett
as Herself 2 episodes, 2014
Keenen Ivory Wayans
as Himself 1 episode, 2016
Shonda Rhimes
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Maria Hinojosa
as Self 1 episode, 2021
John Kennedy Jr.
as Self
Kasi Lemmons
as Self 1 episode
Tulsi Gabbard
as Herself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Eva Sheppard Wolf
as Self - Historian, San Francisco State University 1 episode, 2012
Ruth Simmons
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Robert Downey Sr.
as Self 1 episode, 2012
Aaron Sanchez
as Himself 1 episode, 2014
Gretchen Carlson
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Lena Waithe
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Angela Davis
as Self 1 episode, 2023
Anthony Herrera
as Self
Peter Drummey
as Self - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical Society 1 episode, 2012
Alejandro González Iñárritu
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Jim Acosta
as Self 1 episode
Maria Ewing
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
as Self
CeCe Moore
as Adoption Search Expert 4 episodes, 2014-2017
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Margarett Cooper
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Yasir Qadhi
as Himself 1 episode, 2012
Sandra Cisneros
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Kara Walker
as Herself 1 episode, 2016
Tonya Lewis Lee
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Suzanne Malveaux
as Herself 1 episode, 2017
Marina Abramovic
as Herself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Joe Madison
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Kehinde Wiley
as Himself - Guest 1 episode, 2019
Viva
as Self
Ruth Simmons
as Herself 1 episode, 2012
Vivian Liberto
as Self
Delores Marsalis
as Self - Branford's Mother 1 episode, 2012
Narciso Rodríguez
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Henry Louis Gates Sr.
as Self 1 episode, 2021
Henry Dwight Sedgwick
as Self - Kyra's Father 1 episode, 2012
John Sedgwick
as Self - Kyra's Uncle 1 episode, 2012
Brittany Packnett
as Self 1 episode
Art Green
as Self - Civil War Historian, Mobile, Alabama 1 episode, 2012
Walter Johnson
as Self - Historian, Harvard 1 episode, 2012
Greg Osborn
as Self - Researcher, New Orleans Public Library 1 episode, 2012
Johni Cerny
as Self - Genealogist 1 episode, 2012
David Deskins
as Self - Researcher 1 episode, 2012
Paul Finkelman
as Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School 1 episode, 2012
James L. Hale
as Self - Author and John's Cousin 1 episode, 2012
Susan O'Donovan
as Self - Historian, University of Memphis 1 episode, 2012
Ronald Lamar Stephens
as Self - John's Father 1 episode, 2012
David Chang
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Anita Hill
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Regina King
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Nathan Lane
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Mario Lopez
as Self 1 episode, 2022
Shirley Ann Jackson
as Self 1 episode, 2020
Walter Johnson
as Self - Historian, Harvard 1 episode, 2012
Edmund Bacon
as Self - Kevin's Father
Oswald Mosley
as Self
Kaiser Wilhelm II
as Self
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