Self is a real person portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the TV series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons (season 1), they were 63 years old.
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, Stephen King, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Affleck and Angela Bassett.
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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?
