The second episode in the Faces of America series airs Wed. night, February 17th on PBS.
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans — professor and poet
Elizabeth Alexander, chef
Mario Batali, comedian
Stephen Colbert, novelist
Louise Erdrich, journalist
Malcolm Gladwell, actress
Eva Longoria, musician
Yo-Yo Ma, director
Mike Nichols, Her Majesty
Queen Noor, television host/heart surgeon
Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress
Meryl Streep, and figure skater
Kristi Yamaguchi.
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