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 Y chromosome keeps its family secrets and now, nearly two centuries later, DNA evidence has unequivocally linked a male descendant of Sally Hemings to the house of Thomas Jefferson.

Two new books about Thomas Jefferson are out, one fiction (Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings by Stephen O’Connor), one non-fiction (“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” by Annette ...

Dr. Eugene A. Foster, a pathologist who used DNA testing to show Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings, has died in Virginia. NYC toddler survives 3-story plunge ...

Separate but nowhere near equal. In theory, since the family has now acknowledged that Sally Hemings bore several of Thomas ...

Sam Neill and British actress Carmen Ejogo star in this dramatization of the 38-year romantic relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Hemings (1773-1835), who was born a slave on his Monticello ...

But in off-Broadway's "Sally & Tom" by Suzan-Lori Parks, we see Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder. The show, through May 26 at The Public Theater, is not always easy to watch, and often perplexing.

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Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...

The difference at Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Nursing is that students don’t just leave school with a great education. They graduate from Jefferson prepared for real. We believe ...

Steve Henson is a breaking news and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only ...

HANSEN, THOMAS E.Thomas E. Hansen passed away peacefully on March 26, 2006 at the age of 78. He is survived by his daughters, Carol Tighe of San Antonio, and Mary Jo Regan of Omaha; grandchildren ...