Episode
Who Do You Think You Are?: Smokey Robinson
Overview
Motown legend and icon, Smokey Robinson tracks down a grandfather tangled in a swirl of controversy and connects to a relative's familiar struggle with oppression while coming face to face with the gruesome history he knew was inevitable.
Details
- Series
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2017-04-09
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Smokey Robinson is Episode 6 in Season 9 of Who Do You Think You Are?. It aired on 2017-04-09. The runtime is 42 min.
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