The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...

The Playground Theatre will present a new festival WOMEN'S VOICES: A CELEBRATION running Sunday 2nd March – Sunday 23rd March ...

Club will host civil rights activist Peggy Preacely in a public talk that will mark the first day of Black History Month.

He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children ... they think of the enslaved as part of their extended family. Slaveholders buy into a myth that without their ...

Her family responded by frantically searching ... and Harry S. Truman. TIL: Sally Hemings was 16 years old when she gave birth to her first child with 51 year old Thomas Jefferson.

While Jefferson probably didn't consider him to be a family member, James was the brother of Sally Hemings, who had six children with the former president. James also trained as a chef during the ...

He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children ... they think of the enslaved as part of their extended family. Slaveholders buy into a myth that without their ...

Sally Ride wanted to be remembered as being fearless. In reality, though, the first American woman to fly into space was scared — and it had nothing to do with her leaving the planet. "I would ...

"All in the Family" star Sally Struthers is opening up about an experience with the late Betty White that was "not nice." During a recent appearance on the "Let's Talk About That! With Larry ...