Williams: 'My story is their story, too': Gayle Jessup White, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, reclaims her heritage Michael Paul Williams Nov 24, 2021 ...

Further evidence of what NPS has in store at the Jefferson Memorial can be found a few yards to the southwest along the Tidal ...

After nearly 15 years at the helm of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Leslie Greene Bowman announced Tuesday she would be leaving the post April 30.

The Ross County Historical Society is looking for old photos from African-American families. There are families with lineage from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. CHILLICOTHE ― Sometimes all ...

Three years after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation celebrated her addition to its board, acclaimed Jefferson historian Annette Gordon-Reed has resigned.

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

Sally Hemings (1773-1835), was a slave at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, pictured, and was the third president’s mistress, according to a DNA analysis in 1998. Hemings was the daughter of ...

These trends have taken a toll on boys. If we’re unwilling to identify any specific people in the past to declare they lived ...

Angelica, New York — where Beer rode the Angelica Central School bus yet never read about the town’s namesake in social studies textbooks. That’s because women weren’t considered central figures in ...

U.S. sprinter Gabby Thomas has called out a man who heckled her and bragged about his betting results throughout a Grand Slam Track event this weekend. Thomas, who won three gold medals at the ...