Finding Your Roots | Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

"This is like winning the lottery!” Anita Hill is stunned to learn her great-great-grandfather lived in one of only THREE counties in the U.S. to record the names of enslaved people in the 1850 census.
#FindingYourRoots airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS. In the January 11th episode, Henry Louis Gates Jr. investigates the family histories of Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill.
Watch the full episode at: to.pbs.org/3qlbp0C

[@RandomlyHappy228]

Bless the heart of the census worker.

[@OddWomanOut_Pi81]

This show is so fun and fascinating to watch. 🙂

[@denisseg9103]

Wow ! It was destiny for that grandfathers name to live on and be remembered! I hope the name gets passed on ! This is amazing !! Lewis & Penny💕

[@Usepen]

I'm such a huge fan of your work. Thank you for being a gift to mankind.

[@breebarry4422]

Love this resilient woman and Skip!

[@stephanieyee9784]

That's pretty amazing.

[@roberthunter1220]

Interesting, I was familiar with Anita’s Gr-grandparents name. Because my ancestors were enslaved in the same county.

[@AutismAunnie]

Smh. An extreme rarity. A miracle. That’s what it is for a Black American to be able to see their ancestors’ name written in a government census is. Heartbreaking

[@11UncleBooker22]

Ironically we don't know the name of the census taker.

[@mpalmer7800]

European Americans say they have done no wrong to black Americans?? Damn this is painful no matter what anyone says to me.

[@leola8120]

Anita hill is my grandma's sister in law

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Please do you mind sharing any means of reaching out to him easily? I'm really interested I believe this is genuine.

[@ringonor4298]

Please Dr Gates, you've done Anita Hill, please do setting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will you? I'm curious as to his background , love the show.

[@sahej6939]

No, no way.

[@ringonor4298]

@@sahej6939would it rub some folks the wrong way? Shame if it did. Maybe its venturing out of the comfort zone, but life ain't no picnic to begin with, our lives and ancestry are established and here to stay, confront it head on I say, work through it. Just a thought, I love the show

[@ringonor4298]

I don't want this to to sound heavy handed, it's just you've done Ms hill's genealogy, now do justice Thomas's background, the compare and contrast should be interesting or maybe not. I think you could break down so many things here. 👍

[@leilaniaki344]

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