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Genealogy and its potential for broader learning were the focus of a talk Wednesday.
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WALLA WALLA -- A Harvard University scholar whose passion for tracing roots dates to his childhood sees genealogy as an incredible way to spark students' interest.
"Doing your genealogy and doing your DNA is the ultimate way of being exposed to knowledge -- complex knowledge about yourself," Henry Louis Gates Jr. said in a Wednesday night lecture at Whitman College.
Gates, a professor and scholar of African-American studies, spoke about his experience uncovering African American genealogy and history. He is known for his two series on Public Broadcasting -- "African American Lives" and "Faces of America."
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