![]() ![]() ![]() Eddy Professor and the organizer of the Konig Lecture. She is among a very small number of scholars with law degrees whose work has transformed how we understand the past,” said Peter Kastor, the Samuel K. “Annette Gordon-Reed is a remarkable historian. On Juneteenth was listed on numerous best books of the year lists, earning praise from the New York Times and Oprah Daily. Most recently, she published On Juneteenth (2021), which combines history, family chronicle, and memoir to explore the history of the day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. In the process of telling the story of one enslaved family, Gordon-Reed reconsiders the legacy of Monticello and the experience of enslavement. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book provided the first comprehensive of the Hemingses, a family of enslaved people that included Sally Hemings and Jefferson’s own enslaved children. ![]() Gordon-Reed is the author of The Hemingses of Monticello (2008). She will talk about how Americans understand their own history, beginning with the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and its relationship to freedom and slavery. Loeb University Professor at Harvard, where she teaches both history and law. ![]() Internationally renowned scholar and author Annette Gordon-Reed will visit Washington University on April 21 to give the inaugural David T. ![]()
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