{"id":37557,"date":"2014-10-02T01:45:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=37557"},"modified":"2014-10-02T01:47:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:47:04","slug":"born-champions-full-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=37557","title":{"rendered":"Born Champions [Full Episode]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Born Champions [Full Episode]<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<\/a>
\n2014-09-30<\/p>\n

Henry Louis Gates Jr.<\/a>, Host and Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
\nHarvard University<\/em><\/p>\n

Three of America\u2019s greatest athletes, whose determination and love of sports were deeply shaped by their families, were all cut off from their true origins. Billie Jean King <\/a>learns the story of her grandmother. Derek Jeter<\/a> confronts his ancestors\u2019 lives as slaves. Rebecca Lobo<\/a> finds out that her Spanish ancestor fought side by side with a famous revolutionary.<\/p>\n

Watch the full episode here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Partial Transcript below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GATES: I\u2019M HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. WELCOME TO FINDING YOUR ROOTS.<\/p>\n

TONIGHT, WE REVEAL THE ANCESTRY OF THREE OF AMERICA\u2019S GREATEST ATHLETES: TENNIS LEGEND BILLIE JEAN KING, YANKEES ALL-STAR DEREK JETER, AND WOMEN\u2019S BASKETBALL PIONEER REBECCA LOBO\u2026 ATHLETES WHOSE PURPOSE AND DRIVE WERE PROFOUNDLY SHAPED BY THEIR FAMILIES.<\/p>\n

TO DISCOVER THEIR ANCESTORS, WE\u2019VE USED EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE\u2026<\/p>\n

GENEALOGISTS HELPED STITCH TOGETHER THE PAST USING THE PAPER TRAIL THEIR FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND, WHILE GENETICISTS UTILIZED THE LATEST ADVANCES IN DNA ANALYSIS TO REVEAL SECRETS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.<\/p>\n

GATES: The answers are in this book\u2026<\/p>\n

GATES VO: AND WE\u2019VE COMPILED EVERYTHING INTO A BOOK OF LIFE, A RECORD OF ALL OF OUR DISCOVERIES\u2026<\/p>\n

LOBO: I mean it\u2019s just amazing to see her handwriting!<\/p>\n

JETER: That\u2019s unbelievable\u2026 all the way back to 1605!<\/p>\n

BILLIE JEAN KING: This is from a bible?\u00a0 Family\u2026we have a family bible?<\/p>\n

GATES: Mhm.<\/p>\n

BILLIE JEAN KING: This (audio cuts off 1:01:04:12) is fantastic!<\/p>\n

GATES: AS WE TRACE BILLIE JEAN, DEREK, AND REBECCA\u2019S ROOTS, WE\u2019LL EXPLORE HOW THEY BECAME CHAMPIONS, DID THEY COME TO GREATNESS THROUGH HARD WORK AND INDIVIDUAL EFFORT? IS THEIR TALENT SIMPLY ENCODED IN THEIR GENES? COULD IT BE, THESE THREE ATHLETES WERE MODELED IN WAYS THEY NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED? BY THE LIVES OF THEIR ANCESTORS.<\/p>\n

ROOTS TITLE SEQUENCE…<\/p>\n

…GATES VO: DEREK\u2019S FATHER, CHARLES JETER, IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HIS MOTHER, DOROTHY CONNORS, IS OF IRISH DESCENT. IT WASN\u2019T EASY BEING THE CHILD OF A MIXED MARRIAGE. WHEN DEREK WAS YOUNG, HE OFTEN HAD TO FACE UNWANTED ATTENTION.<\/p>\n

JETER: You know back in the day, yeah you\u2019d get some second glances, people trying to figure out what the dynamic is there. And if you go somewhere with both of them, obviously you get some stares.<\/p>\n

GATES: Mhm.<\/p>\n

JETER: My parents tried to explain to us that it\u2019s just people\u2019s ignorance they\u2019re not used to seeing it.<\/p>\n

GATES: Did your parents take any flack?<\/p>\n

JETER: I think when you\u2019re a young child, I think your parents don\u2019t necessarily tell you how difficult it was\u2026<\/p>\n

GATES: Yeah.<\/p>\n

JETER: \u2026on them. So, you know, a lot of their troubles that they went through, I\u2019m sure they sheltered us from it.<\/p>\n

GATES:\u00a0 So when people come up to you and say, you know, \u201cWhat are you?\u201d what do you say?<\/p>\n

JETER:\u00a0 Black and Irish\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

GATES: Black and Irish, that\u2019s what you say?<\/p>\n

JETER: Yeah, that\u2019s, that\u2019s what I believe I am but I don\u2019t know much about my history…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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