The Oak Ridger on MSN

'Our American Roots' cultural exploration series returns Feb. 10

Topics will range from artificial intelligence to immigrants stories. Various Oak Ridge locations will host.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The Road We Took

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

On PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family’s unknown Holocaust story

In Tuesday’s episode, historian and “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents Caplan, 43, with genealogical ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Roots’ is still fresh and shocking 40 years later

“Roots” premiered on ABC in January 1977, just a few months after Alex Haley published the historical novel upon which it was based -- a phenomenon on the back of a phenomenon. Now remade for the flat ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Roots’ re-imagining grippingly conveys history in a tale of family devotion and perseverance

With a splendid cast both well- and little-known, History’s new version of “Roots,” which premieres Monday night, is the very model of a modern major miniseries. Billed as a “re-imagining,” it follows ...