Finding Your Roots | Clip | Saying Goodbye
As a child, Lidia Bastianich’s family fled her hometown of Pola to escape
communist rule. She ended up spending two years in a refugee camp before finally securing a visa to the United States.
As a child, Lidia Bastianich’s family fled her hometown of Pola to escape
communist rule. She ended up spending two years in a refugee camp before finally securing a visa to the United States.
For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.