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 ...

Humans of New York creator Stanton (Humans) captures the beating heart of New York City—its people—in this vibrant love letter to the metropolis. Featuring portraits, most of Continue reading » Girls ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson's bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a ...

Papers originally presented at a conference held Mar. 5-6, 1999, at Monticello and the University of Virginia. Contents The ghosts of Monticello / Gordon S. Wood -- Hemings and Jefferson: redux / ...

Few arenas have become as politicized in recent years as local school boards. Debates prompted by mask mandates, Black Lives Matter protests and LGBTQ education, among other issues, have brought ...

Squabbles about Southern genealogies are usually confined to blue-haired ladies in local history societies—but not when the family in question is Thomas Jefferson's. The possibility of a sexual ...

In Act 2 of “The Reclamation of Madison Hemings,” a Charles Smith play that is a good deal more visceral than its academic title suggests, a character named Madison Hemings, played at American Blues ...

“Sally & Tom” contains a play with the play. It is unimaginatively titled “The Pursuit of Happiness,” and that giveaway tells us that we’re not supposed to see it as a very good play. Performed by a ...