Coming Up on Ball State PBS:

Tuesday, Feb 10 at 8 p.m.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts- traveling from frontier towns in the American west to surprising places in the east, revealing the complexity at our nation’s core.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr and Sarah Haines hold a large, matte black book titled "Sarah Haines's Book of Life".

Saturday, Feb 14 at 8 p.m.

After the Civil War, four million formerly enslaved people were set free, but most had no place to go. Wanting autonomy over their lives, many formed Freedom Colonies, living far away from the racism of Jim Crow. This program follows four of these communities struggling to keep their legacies alive.

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This is a black and white photo of four African American children dancing and playing outside of a house.

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