In celebration of the 4th of July, the Smithsonian Magazine just released a new project that reimagines historical figures through the eyes of their living descendants. As the 6th great grandson ...

Pruning Thomas Jefferson's Family Tree. Historians' Report Attacks Theory That 3rd President Fathered Slave's Children ...

The test that was done proves only that a Jefferson male, not necessarily Thomas, was the father, and there were other adult males in Jefferson’s family who lived nearby.

Shannon LaNier, a ninth-generation descendant of Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, wore the same sort of outfit as his famous ancestor for a Smithsonian Magazine article, "American ...

For three years, the descendants of slave Sally Hemings have attended family reunions at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation, touring the historic grounds outside Charlottesville alongside ...

This story has been updated to clarify the family connections of members of the panel. Gayle Jessup White's family always said they were connected to Thomas Jefferson. It wasn't until recently ...

WITH THE Monticello Association's weekend vote to bar the descendants of Sally Hemings from joining the selected ranks of Thomas Jefferson's documented kin, the formal debate over inclusion of the ...

"Jefferson's Blood" is 75 minutes long. To view it in its entirety, it is recommended to show it in two to three class periods. Video is a rich and stimulating source for instruction.

Gayle Jessup White is related to the enslaver, Thomas Jefferson, and the people he enslave “I couldn’t put together in my 13-year-old mind how a little Black kid growing up in Washington, D.C ...