African American Lives
- Genre: Documentary
- Last Air Date: 2008-02-23
- Total Seasons: 2
- Total Episodes: 4
- Status: Returning Series
- Episode Runtime: 120 min.
African American Lives is a PBS television miniseries hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., focusing on African American genealogical research. The family histories of prominent African Americans are explored using traditional genealogic techniques as well as genetic analysis. Gates has written an associated book, In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past, which was published in early 2009.
You can now watch African American Lives online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
