"That graveyard is for Jefferson descendants and they're Jefferson ... this country would not exist without slaves and Sally Hemings was one of the founding mothers of this country.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 4 -- Descendants of slave Sally Hemings, declaring they were tired of drawing hostile stares at gatherings hosted by white kin of Thomas Jefferson, said today that they will ...

It was only in recent history, and in large part because of DNA testing, that descendants of Jefferson and Hemings were formally and officially recognized. An exhibit about Sally Hemings opened at ...

In providing Sally Hemings with her rightful place in history, we give her and her descendants back their sense of humanity. Ultimately, however, the Monticello exhibit is a reminder of both the ...

Shannon LaNier, a sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, co-authored "Jefferson's Children: The story of one American family" with Jane Feldman, an author and ...

Her next book will follow the descendants through the 19th century. One of Sally's grandsons, John Wayles Hemings, was a lieutenant colonel in the Union army during the Civil War, she said.

Washington, Sally Hemings, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Emmett Till. They were greeted and addressed by Vice President Kamala Harris, who praised the descendants of “extraordinary ...

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 ...

About 15 years ago, Gardner started tracking down descendants of famous Europeans ... about being descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. “He was a brilliant man who preached ...