Watching the coverage of the Obama family in the White House, one can't help but feel a certain media giddiness to be able to report on all these new "firsts." But to say that this family is the first ...

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 have ...

The weekend at Monticello will also feature the unveiling of new exhibits and restored spaces — most notably, a fascinating digital exhibit on Sally Hemings inside the south wing of Monticello, where ...

Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion that is believed to have been the living quarters of Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman who historians believe gave birth ...

The descendants of some of the most well-known civil rights activists of the 1950s and 1960s and other prominent historical leaders gathered at the White House for a special celebration of Black ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost 2 centuries–until DNA evidence ...