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Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates
February 4, 2010
William Grant executive producer, Faces of America
Stephen Ives producer, Faces of America
David Altshuler chief academic officer, Broad Institute
Phillip Martin radio reporter, The World
Marita Rivero vice president, WGBH

Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. executive producer William R. Grant and producer Stephen Ives discuss the series with Dr. David Altshuler, a clinical endocrinologist and human geneticist from the Broad Institute. In the Harvard professor's latest production, Gates uses genealogy and genetics to explore family histories of 12 renowned Americans and their immigrant pasts.

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