Finding Your Roots | Clip | Glenn Close’s Relative Was Disowned by the Quakers
Henry Louis Gates Jr. informs Glenn Close that the Quakers disowned her ancestor in 1843.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. informs Glenn Close that the Quakers disowned her ancestor in 1843.
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.