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 morning after the election, the historian discussed some books that shed light on the precedents for our fractured political moment.

Instead, NPR aired a segment discussing Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration’s primary author, and his relationship with Sally ...

But beyond the playful premise, this fast-paced opera touches on the origins of the beloved comfort food — often wrongly attributed to Thomas Jefferson — and the “erasure of Black Americans ...