Finding Your Roots
S01E04 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
Title: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Plot: What connects Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick? Beyond their status as renowned actors, both hail from distinguished American families with roots tracing back to the nation's beginnings. They also share a significant historical legacy: both have ancestors who were early advocates against slavery. Bacon’s Quaker lineage denounced slavery as early as 1780, while Sedgwick’s ancestor, Theodore Sedgwick, championed the freedom case of Elizabeth Freeman, known as "Mumbet," in 1781, helping to abolish slavery in Massachusetts. This episode uncovers these remarkable ties and delves into the history of Northern slavery.
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Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.
The Return
Like Father, Like Son
John Lewis and Cory Booker
Fatal Flaw
Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
Blue Lights
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi
Best Buddies
Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Secrets
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
One for the Road
Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta
Peregrine
John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Society's Pet
Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez
Fever
The Gift
The System
Appearances
The Probe
Dusty
Barriers
Grifters
The Wedding
Fathers and Sons
Starscape (1)
Starscape (2)
The Test