In California, siblings Jimmie and Katie seek out their Japanese heritage beginning in 1890s Japan, then to the farm lands of the central valley of California in the 1940s, and finally discover a family tree of community leaders and a decorated solider.. In Maryland, with her daughter Gabrielle at her side, Gwendolyn discovers that her great-grandfather was freed from enslavement by President Abraham Lincoln prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, and later became a hero with the U.S. Colored Troops, 1st Infantry during the Civil War. Hosted by Faruq Tauheed.