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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season Six (PBS)

In season six of Finding Your Roots, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. continues his quest to understand our collective American identity, bringing to life the family histories of African American, Asian, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Latin American guests alike. Guests include Melissa McCarthy, Eric Stonestreet, Queen Latifah, RuPaul, Terry Gross and Jeff Goldlum.

Reconstruction is one of the most important and consequential chapters in American history. It is also among the most overlooked, misunderstood, and misrepresented. Some of our most famous narratives of the period include demeaning stereotypes of black people and skewed versions of events that have been immortalized in films from Birth of a Nation to Gone with the Wind. This series tells the real story of Reconstruction, honoring the struggle of the African Americans who fought their way out of slavery and challenged the nation to live up to the founding ideals of democracy, freedom, and equality. Over a hundred and fifty years later, this struggle

Brief and concise historical episodes of the African-American experience. Narrated by renowned historian, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and executive produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Dyllan McGee and Robert F. Smith.

MAKERS: Once And For All — In September 1995, the UN Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China. More than 47,000 outspoken activists and impassioned leaders hailing from almost every country, religion, and culture on earth came together in Beijing—and at the parallel NGO Forum—making it the largest gathering of women's advocates in history. "MAKERS: Once And For All" is a feature film presented by AOL that tells the story of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995 as a watershed event in the global struggle for women's rights. With original interviews with subjects, including Hillary Clinton, and archival footage, the film captures the suspenseful months leading up to Beijing and the high-stakes drama of the event itself. Through the eyes of global leaders and grassroots women, it offers a window into Beijing's historic days, its impact, and its unfinished legacy.

Africa’s Great Civilizations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — In this epic new series, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a new, dynamic and definitive history of Africa: the epic story of the continent told for a new generation. Ranging the entire continent, Gates tells the story of this spectacular landmass and its great civilizations, from the dawn of humanity to the threshold of the modern age. Bold, engaging and celebratory, this is a series full of surprising stories, extraordinary characters, and big ideas.

The MAKERS Conference — Each year, MAKERS gathers over 500 change-makers from private, public, education, and not-for-profit sectors to set an agenda for helping women advance in the workplace. Sessions explore a wide range of topics from comedy to policy, and sports to workplace harassment, with an emphasis on actively solving problems, rather than simply talking about them. Past participants include actress Jennifer Aniston, activist Gloria Steinem, astronaut Mae Jamison, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, fashion designer Diane von Fustenberg, FDNY Firefighter Regina Wilson, actress Eva Longoria, former White House CTO Megan Smith, and many others.

Black America Since MLK — In his new four-hour series, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America—and our nation as a whole.

First In Human — Though unknown to nearly everyone who does not work there, the anonymous “Building 10” is uniquely situated at the very forefront of cutting edge medical developments. Nicknamed “America’s Hospital,” this particular structure, the largest research-only hospital in the world, houses a medical facility specializing in advanced clinical trials, as well as the Undiagnosed Disease Program. Patients from all over the world apply to be treated at the Undiagnosed Disease Program as a last resort when no other doctor can determine what is wrong. Some of the most innovative and revelatory medicine being practiced today takes place inside Building 10, but the public has had almost no insight into the facility. Until now.

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman — Out on America’s vast working landscapes – the ranches of the Mountain west, the farmlands of the Great Plains, the waterways of the Mississippi Delta – a huge, largely hidden, and entirely unexpected movement is being born. Tens of thousands of heartland conservationists are leading some of the most consequential work in the nation to restore America’s forests, grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers and wetlands: the vast, rich bounty that shaped our national character and sustains our way of life. Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five Americans representative of this movement.

A four-hour series, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., traces the rich history of the Black church in America. From enslavement through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and the present-day, the series explores the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped an institution at the heart of the African American experience.