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Tonight, Oct. 28, on "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.," Attorney Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, 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? Professor Gates and the 'Finding Your Roots' team investigates Jarrett’s lineage to shed light on this mystery. Also on the show actress Angela Bassett and rapper Nas. Check
PBS.org for your local listing.
See preview clip here:
Valerie Jarrett's groundbreaking great-grandfather
Valerie Jarrett[/caption]
Tonight, Oct. 28, on "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.," Attorney Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, 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? Professor Gates and the 'Finding Your Roots' team investigates Jarrett’s lineage to shed light on this mystery. Also on the show actress Angela Bassett and rapper Nas. Check PBS.org for your local listing.
See preview clip here: Valerie Jarrett's groundbreaking great-grandfather