OPINION: “Removing a Thomas Jefferson statue is just a performative action to circumvent having informed discussions on race in America,” writes William L. McIlwain, IV. Pulitzer Hall is the home of ...

Thomas Jefferson's nephew is buried in Nashville, and his DNA may shed light on whether Jefferson had children with the enslaved Sally Hemings.

He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...

Eugene Foster, the retired pathologist who orchestrated the DNA testing that showed Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one of the children of slave Sally Hemings, died Monday at the University of ...

Sally Hemings, the enslaved mistress of founding father Thomas Jefferson, has finally been granted her own tribute at Monticello, the sprawling Virginia estate of the late president. The controversial ...

Did Tom Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States father children by one of his black slaves, Sally Hemings? Contrary to what you may have read or ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- It's a celebration a century in the making, but a story that goes back even farther. Meet Velma Williams. The Oakland woman turned 100 year old this Independence Day. And if that ...

Monticello has always been filled with the rich history of its most famous resident, Thomas Jefferson, whose story has been told and retold through the years. But the plantation — nestled in mountains ...

There are a lot of ways for actors to hold hands. Whether companionably, lustfully, bashfully, they often give audiences warm fuzzies. But in the play-within-a-play of "Sally & Tom," the gesture can't ...

Pulitzer Hall is the home of Journalism School at Columbia University. A statue of founding father and former president Thomas Jefferson stands majestically in front of this historic institution. In ...