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The Posen Family of Craftsmen
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Zac Posen discovers the legacy of craftmanship within his family lineage.
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.
Video description: A look at slavery in the North and the views and actions of Quakers including Kevin Bacon's ancestor Samuel Atkinson.
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