African American Lives (series)
- User score: 6
- Production country: US
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date of last episode: 2/23/2008
- Series status: Returning series
- Seasons count: 2 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 120 min.
Series description
African American Lives is a PBS television miniseries hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., focusing on African American genealogical research. The family histories of prominent African Americans are explored using traditional genealogic techniques as well as genetic analysis. Gates has written an associated book, In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past, which was published in early 2009.