This epic work tells the story of the Hemings family, whose close blood ties to the third president of America had been systematically expunged from history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemingses from their origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's ...
Rumours of Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings have circulated for two centuries. In this text, the author sets out to intensify the debate, arguing not that the events necessarily took place, but that the evidence for their taking place has been denied a fair hearing.
In this memoir by the accomplished civil rights leader and businessman, Vernon Jordan recalls his upbringing in a loving family, his years at a white college and then Howard University Law School, and his role in the struggle for civil rights as leader of the National Urban League. Jordan continued his success, in business and public life, as a ...
In honor of the Library of Congress's 200th anniversary in April and its new Jefferson exhibition, this book presents a lively narrative of Jefferson's life and influence in a series of essays by scholars, illuminated by Jefferson's own words. Introduction by Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lincoln at Gettysburg." 150 illustrations, ...
is book of twelve original essays will bring together two themes of American culture: law and race. The essays fall into four groups: cases that are essential to the history of race in America; cases that illustrate the treatment of race in American history; cases of great fame that became the trials of the century of their time; and cases that ...
This collection of 12 original essays brings together two themes of American culture - law and race. Cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Regents v. Bakke and O.J. Simpson.
In this memoir by the accomplished civil rights leader and businessman, Vernon Jordan recalls his upbringing in a loving family, his years at a white college and then Howard University Law School, and his role in the struggle for civil rights as leader of the National Urban League. Jordan continued his success, in business and public life, as a ...
One of America's leading historians shows how ill-suited Johnson was for assuming the presidency following President Lincoln's assassination. The climax of Johnson's career was his impeachment trial, which Gordon-Reed recounts with drama and tension.
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