John Lewis and Cory Booker

John Lewis and Cory Booker S2E2 - John Lewis and Cory Booker 2012

In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory Booker was raised in an affluent, all-white New Jersey suburb. Although both men have devoted their lives to the betterment of African-American people, neither of them knows much about their own ancestors. In this episode, we introduce Booker to his white great-grandfather, a man he never knew, and move Lewis to tears over the extraordinary ambitions and accomplishments of his slave ancestors..

  • Released: 2012-03-24
  • Runtime: 50 minutes
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  • Stars: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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