Self is a real person portrayed by Ruth Simmons in the TV series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (based on a true story).
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 106 aired so far
Self is also portrayed by Claire Danes, Michael Douglas, David Duchovny, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen King, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Affleck.
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Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
episode S1.E7 april 2012Actor Samuel L. Jackson, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president Ruth Simmons were all once second-class citizens in the Jim Crow south. Where in Africa do they come from and who are their white ancestors?
