Suzan-Lori Parks' backstage drama follows the making of a play-within-a-play about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Did Sally Hemings love Thomas Jefferson? That question pops up multiple times in multiple ways-and is answered, both in the ...

History and art are always more nuanced than we can possibly imagine. “Sally & Tom” goes a long way toward illuminating both of them.

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 ...

Suzan-Lori Parks' backstage drama follows the making of a play-within-a-play about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until now, the slaves who lived at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, existed largely in the background. On Saturday, Monticello unveiled new exhibits designed to amplify hundreds of ...

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 ...