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.

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 ...

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about her pioneering role in the United States space program, she schools a reporter on how to address her.

CAT (11A: Purr-fect pet) I will always include the word CAT in my grids if it's possible, because it makes me happy. To celebrate, here's a photo of my purr-fect pet in profile. I enjoy hidden ...