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We the PeopleThe Story of the U.S. Constitution: Past and PresentAfter more than 12 years of distinguished service as President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Rosen has transitioned to the role of CEO Emeritus, enabling him to devote his full time and energy to his scholarship and public dialogue.
The Center’s Board of Trustees appointed Vince Stango to serve as Interim President and CEO.
From all of us at the National Constitution Center, we express our gratitude to Jeff for his leadership and vision, including his role as the long-time host of the Center’s We the People podcast, where he brought constitutional debate to life for m...
2026-01-161h 03
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastThe Story of the U.S. Constitution: Past and PresentAfter more than 12 years of distinguished service as President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Rosen has transitioned to the role of CEO Emeritus, enabling him to devote his full time and energy to his scholarship and public dialogue. The Center’s Board of Trustees appointed Vince Stango to serve as Interim President and CEO. From all of us at the National Constitution Center, we express our gratitude to Jeff for his leadership and vision, including his role as the long-time host of the Center’s We the People podcast, where he brought constitutional debate to life for millions of listeners. For the ful...
2026-01-161h 03
Live at the National Constitution CenterThe Story of the U.S. Constitution: Past and PresentAkhil Reed Amar and David Blight of Yale University and Annette Gordon-Reed, president of the Organization of American Historians and Harvard professor, join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a sweeping conversation about the Constitution and the debates that have shaped America—from the founding era to today. They explore transformative moments in American history and landmark Supreme Court decisions.
This program is presented in partnership with the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute and the Organization of American Historians.
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2025-07-011h 03
The Culture Show PodcastJune 18, 2025 - Annette Gordon-Reed, J. Courtney Sullivan, and the Boston Pizza FestivalHistorian, lawyer and Pulitzer-prize winning author Annette Gordon-Reed joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest book “On Juneteenth,” which explores the holiday commemorating the day Union troops announced the end of slavery in Texas. From there best-selling author J. Courtney Sullivan joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest novel, “The Cliffs.” It is an intricately layered novel of family, spirits, and secrets set on the seaside cliffs of Maine.Finally, we top things off with a preview of this year’s Boston Pizza Festival. The festival co-directors, Raffaele Scalzi and Giancarlo Natale, join...
2025-06-1855 min
The ContextLearning US History Is about Hope, Not ShameJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed joins host Alex Lovit to discuss Juneteenth’s history and the transformative potential of reckoning with our country’s complex past.
Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard, where she teaches both history and law. She’s the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family and On Juneteenth. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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2025-06-1730 min
Branding Room Only with Paula T. EdgarTruth and Celebration: Stories of Black American History with Prof. Annette Gordon-ReedWe don’t know the faces or names of many enslaved Black people in American history. Some left a small mark of their existence in the very bricks of the buildings their hands built, yet they remain voiceless because their story has been hidden away.Historians like Annette Gordon-Reed know that through sharing the stories of enslaved people, we remember their humanity and preserve historical truth in the process. She’s a Harvard University professor and the award-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth. With her lawyer-like approach, she’s brought light to stories once e...
2025-06-1749 min
Ben Franklin's WorldBFW Revisited: On JuneteenthJuneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, is nearly upon us, and it offers us the perfect moment for reflection. What do we know about Juneteenth? Where did this holiday begin? And how has it grown from a regional commemoration into a national conversation about freedom, equality, and memory? In this episode, we return to our conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed in Episode 304. A native Texan and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Annette brings both personal insight and deep historical knowledge to her book On Juneteenth, which is a rich meditation on Texas history, African American identity...
2025-06-1050 min
Ben Franklin's WorldBFW Revisited: On JuneteenthJuneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, is nearly upon us, and it offers us the perfect moment for reflection.
What do we know about Juneteenth? Where did this holiday begin? And how has it grown from a regional commemoration into a national conversation about freedom, equality, and memory?
In this episode, we return to our conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed in Episode 304. A native Texan and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Annette brings both personal insight and deep historical knowledge to her book On Juneteenth...
2025-06-1053 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinAnnette Gordon-Reed: Sally Hemings of Monticello Host Marcia Franklin sits down with historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. The book, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, explores the complex bonds between President Thomas Jefferson and one of his slave families, the Hemingses. Using primary source documents, as well as second-hand accounts, Gordon-Reed tries to piece together the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings, with whom most historians now believe he had as many as seven children. Hemings, a s...
2025-04-1329 minThe Culture Show PodcastFebruary 11, 2025 - Cillian Murphy, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Boston's Old North ChurchOscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy discusses his film “Small Things Like These,” which he produced and starred in. He also gives us a preview of the Peaky Blinders movie.From there, Annette Gordon-Reed. She’s an historian, lawyer and Pulitzer-prize winning writer. Her latest book, “On Juneteenth,” explores the holiday commemorating the day Union troops announced the end of slavery in Texas. Finally, famous for its role in the historic ride, Boston’s Old North Church has embarked on its own journey to restore the artwork that graced its walls during the American Revolution. Culture Show Producer Kate De...
2025-02-1155 min
Reckoning with Jason HerbertEpisode 110: From the Vault: Die Hard Is More Than A Christmas Movie with Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed and Dr. Craig Bruce SmithThis week we venture back to one of our earliest podcast episodes to talk about Die Hard with Annette Gordon-Reed and Craig Bruce Smith. We know Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but is it the quintessential 80s film? Find out when you listen in.
2024-12-2455 minThe Culture Show PodcastNovember 26, 2024 - Annette Gordon-Reed, Nantucket Looms, and Mary GrantAnnette Gordon-Reed is renowned for her groundbreaking work on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. She was the first Black person awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History. She was honored with MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and won the National Book Award for “The Hemingses of Monticello.” Jared Bowen recently caught up with her to talk about her latest book, “On Juneteenth,” at the GBH studio at the Boston Public Library as part of Boston Speaker Series.Next, Nantucket has a history of women-operated businesses because the men were often away at sea, on whaling ships for years on end. Tha...
2024-11-2649 min
On The RecordBaltimore Speakers Series: A reexamination of history with Annette Gordon-ReedAnnette Gordon-Reed has had enormous impact on how historians formulate their questions and search for answers. She will talk about her books and her work at the Baltimore Speakers Series presented by Stevenson University on Thurs. Nov. 14.Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472]]>
2024-11-1312 min
Get Lost In Into A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook Before Bedtime.Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon-Reed, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. - editor, Sean Wilentz - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/28086to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Andrew Johnson
Author: Annette Gordon-Reed, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. - editor, Sean Wilentz - editor
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
Release date: 10-22-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed America's greatest chief executive, to bind the nation's wounds after the Civil War, and to wo...
2024-10-224h 56
10-Minute TalksWhat was the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings?Expanding on her book, ‘Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy’, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed unpacks the evidence around this contested relationship and the role of historians in erasing the narratives of enslaved people. Exploring the ‘American dilemma’, this talk investigates the contradiction between Jefferson’s commitment to equality and his ownership of enslaved people. Speaker: Professor Annette Gordon-Reed FBA, Carl M Loeb University Professor, Harvard University This podcast is for informative and educational purposes. A blog version of this 10-Minute Talk is available: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-was-the-relationship-between-thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings/ For further re...
2024-10-0409 min
Listen to New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency by David M. RubensteinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/776354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency Author: David M. Rubenstein Narrator: Richard Norton Smith, Fredrik Logevall, Ted Widmer, Amity Shlaes, Kai Bird, Candice Millard, Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter Baker, Jeffrey Frank, Douglas Bradburn, Susan Eisenhower, Stewart McLaurin, Timothy J. Naftali, Maggie Haberman, David M. Rubenstein, J Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of The...
2024-09-1003 min
Black History for White PeopleJuneteenth (RE-AIR)We first cover what was going on in the nation before the emancipation proclamation, then zoom in on Texas specifically and what the culture was like, share some stories from the past, and tie the through-line to why and how people celebrate Juneteenth.Bob White story perspective:https://hauntedconroe.com/murder-in-the-courtroom/Great book on Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed:https://www.amazon.com/Juneteenth-Annette-Gordon-Reed/dp/1631498835/ref=nodl_Texas Constitution 1824 - 1876:https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/republic-texas-1836/general-provisionsVisit us at blackhistoryforwhitepeople.com.Buy...
2024-06-191h 18
KPFA - Letters and PoliticsOn Juneteenth: A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed
Guest: Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. The author of Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello and her latest, On Juneteenth.
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2024-06-1959 min
Branding Room Only with Paula T. EdgarTruth and Celebration: Stories of Black American History with Prof. Annette Gordon-ReedWe don’t know the faces or names of many enslaved Black people in American history. Some left a small mark of their existence in the very bricks of the buildings their hands built, yet they remain voiceless because their story has been hidden away.Historians like Annette Gordon-Reed know that through sharing the stories of enslaved people, we remember their humanity and preserve historical truth in the process. She’s a Harvard University professor and the award-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth. With her lawyer-like approach, she’s brought light to stories once e...
2024-06-1846 min
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAnnette Gordon-Reed Explores History of JuneteenthDiverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed award winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, author of ON JUNETEENTH. In the interview, Gordon-Reed discussed the historical significance of Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas. She also shared her personal experiences and perspectives on the holiday's origins, evolution, and cultural significance. Born and raised in Texas, Annette Gordon-Reed is a history professor at Harvard University and the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO. Her web site is https://annettegordonreed.com/. Diverse Voices Book Review Social Media:Facebook - @d...
2024-06-1631 min
Immerse Yourself In The Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Now, Knowledge Hunters!Charleston by Susan Crawford, Annette Gordon-Reed - forewordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/225155to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Charleston
Author: Susan Crawford, Annette Gordon-Reed - foreword
Narrator: Carrie Coello
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 04-30-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Environmental
Publisher's Summary:
At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan...
2024-04-3010h 14
EA UnlockedA Conversation with Harvard Historian Annette Gordon-ReedHarvard University historian Annette Gordon-Reed recently spent the day at The Episcopal Academy for this year's Walter W. Buckley, Jr. '55 American History Lecture Series. Ms. Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. She has won 16 book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. Her most recent book is On Juneteenth, a memoir and history of Texas. Other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship in the humanities, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the National Book Award. ...
2024-04-2510 min
Open Book with Anthony ScaramucciAnnette Gordon-Reed, On JuneteenthThis week, Anthony talks with esteemed Harvard University professor and Pulitzer Prize winning author Annette Gordon-Reed, about her recent book On Juneteenth. As a Texas native, Annette shares an incredibly personal story and profoundly truthful narrative of the long road to Juneteenth, its importance to American history, and how it has evolved since becoming a federal holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-2041 min
The ThinkND PodcastJuneteenth with Dr. Gordon-ReedOn Friday, June 23, 2023, Black Alumni of Notre Dame (BA of ND) gathered virtually for a captivating book discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed about her book On Juneteenth. In this thought-provoking memoir, Dr. Gordon-Reed skillfully intertwines personal recollections with historical analysis to explore the significance of Juneteenth in American history and her own experiences growing up in Texas.During our virtual discussion, we delve into the themes and ideas presented in the book, examining the historical context of Juneteenth as well as its continued relevance in contemporary society. We explore Dr. Gordon-Reed's unique...
2023-07-241h 07
History As It HappensOur Radical Declaration w/ Annette Gordon-Reed & Joseph EllisThis is the last in a three-part series of episodes about the radicalism of the Declaration of Independence and enduring importance of the American Revolution. Whatever its authors meant by them at the time – in the summer of '76 while at war with Great Britain – the words the American revolutionaries wrote in the Declaration of Independence would inspire generations of Americans of all races and creeds to fulfill the promise of fundamental human equality and liberty, the most radical idea of the 18th century and today. And that's despite the fact that the document's primary author didn't live...
2023-07-0656 minHistory As It HappensOur Radical Declaration w/ Annette Gordon-Reed & Joseph EllisThis is the last in a three-part series of episodes about the radicalism of the Declaration of Independence and enduring importance of the American Revolution. Whatever its authors meant by them at the time – in the summer of '76 while at war with Great Britain – the words the American revolutionaries wrote in the Declaration of Independence would inspire generations of Americans of all races and creeds to fulfill the promise of fundamental human equality and liberty, the most radical idea of the 18th century and today. And that's despite the fact that the document's primary author didn't live...
2023-07-0656 min
SpeechMattersThe Challenge of AI: "Abstinence is Not the Best Approach"The latest generative AI technologies have dominated the headlines these last few months raising questions about how ChatGPT will change teaching, research and learning at colleges and universities, as well as in society at large. In this episode, we explore AI’s impacts – both big and small – with nationally recognized technology policy expert and Director of UNC at Chapel Hill’s Center on Technology Policy Matt Perault. Episode Resources:UNC Center on Technology Policy: https://techpolicy.unc.edu/Matt Perault Article on Section 230 and Chat GPT: https://www.lawfareblog.com/section-230-wont-protect-chatgpt“Our Robophobia” by Andrew Keane Woods...
2023-06-2151 minBlack History for White PeopleJuneteenth (RE-AIR)We first cover what was going on in the nation before the emancipation proclamation, then zoom in on Texas specifically and what the culture was like, share some stories from the past, and tie the through-line to why and how people celebrate Juneteenth.Bob White story perspective:https://hauntedconroe.com/murder-in-the-courtroom/Great book on Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed:https://www.amazon.com/Juneteenth-Annette-Gordon-Reed/dp/1631498835/ref=nodl_Texas Constitution 1824 - 1876:https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/republic-texas-1836/general-provisionsVisit us at blackhistoryforwhitepeople.com.Buy...
2023-06-191h 18
The Road to NowJuneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-ReedJuneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Americans at the end of the Civil War, has gone from a local holiday in Texas to a national day of celebration for many Americans. In this episode we speak with legal scholar and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed about her new book On Juneteenth and the ways that the holiday, her personal story and the history of the US can help us better understand the world today. Annette Gordon-Reed is Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard University, where she is also the Carol K. Pforzheimer...
2023-06-1252 min
New Books in Women's HistoryWoody Holton, "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution" (Simon and Schuster, 2021)A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution (Simon and Schuster, 2021) is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other Americans whose passion for freedom often brought them into conflict with the Founding Fathers. “It is all one story,” pri...
2023-03-2153 min
Reckoning with Jason HerbertDie Hard with Annette Gordon-Reed and Craig Bruce SmithWe all know Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but is it a history movie? This week we're talking to two of the most prominent historians of the Early American Republic to get to the bottom of the debates. You're gonna love where this goes. Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard. Gordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton, 2008). In addition to articles and reviews, her other works include...
2022-12-2155 min
For the Ages: A History PodcastA Conversation with Annette Gordon-ReedAcclaimed historian Annette Gordon-Reed is renowned for her work uncovering both the political and the private life of one of America’s most celebrated Founders, Thomas Jefferson. In a conversation moderated by American philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family looks at the enigmatic third President’s vision of himself, the Revolution, and the American experiment taking shape around him. Recorded on March 19, 2017
2022-10-1734 min
Discovery & InspirationAnnette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”Annette Gordon-Reed (NHC Trustee), Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Harvard Law School; Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor, Emeritus, University of Virginia
Primarily set at Monticello, where Jefferson not only developed his Enlightenment values but oversaw the workings of a slave plantation, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” looks to shed light on perhaps the most complex of America’s Founding Fathers. Two of the world’s leading scholars of Jefferson’s life and accomplishments, Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf, join forces to fundamentally challenge much of what we think we know and help create a portrait o...
2022-09-291h 01Black History for White PeopleJuneteenth (RE-AIR)We first cover what was going on in the nation before the emancipation proclamation, then zoom in on Texas specifically and what the culture was like, share some stories from the past, and tie the throughline to why and how people celebrate Juneteenth.Bob White story perspective:https://hauntedconroe.com/murder-in-the-courtroom/Great book on Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed:https://www.amazon.com/Juneteenth-Annette-Gordon-Reed/dp/1631498835/ref=nodl_Texas Constitution 1824 - 1876:https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/republic-texas-1836/general-provisionsFor bonus content, full interviews, and the ability...
2022-06-151h 18
Words, Wit, and Wisdom from Dartmouth Commencement SpeechesAnnette Gordon-Reed's Commencement Address at Dartmouth College"I learned many things here, but what I value most was the validation of an enthusiasm that often gives birth to passion, because passion is absolutely required to do anything with excellence—whether it is writing a book, making a movie, raising children, or maintaining friendships," Annette Gordon-Reed ’81 told Dartmouth's Class of 2021.Transcript.
2022-06-0914 min
Speaking FreelyAnnette Gordon-Reed on JuneteenthJuneteenth is coming up soon, on Sunday, June 19th. I had the opportunity for a wide ranging conversation, with Pulitzer prize winning author and Harvard professor, Annette Gordon-Reed, after she visited Portland recently. We talked about her book about Juneteenth, Portland’s rally against hate, the recent mass murder in upstate New York, violence in America, what she feels is lacking in education today, and her appearance as a Hatfield series speaker for the Oregon Historical society. But first, I asked her what she thought about Portland. A great talk, with Professor, Author, Lawyer, and Historian, Annette Gordo...
2022-06-0628 min
Global Connections with Robert Siegel - Navigating The New NormalAmerica's Race Crisis: Interviews with Prof. Eddie Glaude, Prof. Annette Gordon-Reed, & Rabbi Davis SapersteinAmerican Friends of Rabin Medical Center presents its monthly leaders forum, Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Navigating the New Normal, on society, the economy, real estate, medicine, technology and science.
Moderator Robert Siegel (host of NPR's All Things Considered from 1987-2018) interviews:
Prof. Eddie Glaude (Chair, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University)
Prof. Annette Gordon-Reed (Professor of History, Harvard University; Pulitzer Prize, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family)
Rabbi David Saperstein (former US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom)
Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Ce...
2022-04-251h 05
Cross-Examining HistoryCross-Examining History Episode 43 - Annette Gordon-ReedTalmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and Harvard Professor, on her newest book On Juneteenth.
2022-04-0633 min
Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ ConferenceAnnette Gordon-Reed: Getting History RightIs Thomas Jefferson to be deplored as a slave-owner who had a family with a young woman he owned or is he to be celebrated as one of the country's most essential and gifted founders? Or, should he be both--condemned and revered? That is the question Annette Gordon-Reed, the brilliant Harvard law professor, historian, and author of the Pulitzer prize-winning The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, has long wrestled with. In conversation with SVWC associate director Anne Taylor Fleming, Gordon-Reed reflects on her evolving feelings about Jefferson and on the moral responsibility of the historian, and talks about her re...
2022-02-2236 min
Marianne Williamson's InterviewsJefferson and Hemings: On Slavery, Race, and LoveToday is President’s Day, honoring those who have have filled the role of president throughout American history. I’ve been fascinated by a few of them. But the president who has taken up more space in my consciousness than any other is Thomas Jefferson.I had been to Monticello with my parents when I was a child, but as I prepared to write “Healing the Soul of America” I went back for a solo visit. I wanted to experience again the house where Jefferson had lived, to walk the grounds, to see his personal items, to feel the...
2022-02-2132 min
The Marianne Williamson PodcastJefferson and Hemings: On Slavery, Race, and Love | A Conversation with Annette Gordon-ReedWilliamson discusses the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings with Harvard historian Annette-Gordon Reed. To learn more visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com
2022-02-2132 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinHistorian Annette Gordon-Reed: Sally Hemings of MonticelloHost Marcia Franklin sits down with historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. The book, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, explores the complex bonds between President Thomas Jefferson and one of his slave families, the Hemingses. Using primary source documents, as well as second-hand accounts, Gordon-Reed tries to piece together the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings, with whom most historians now believe he had as many as seven children. Hemings, a slave at Monticello, was also the half-sister of Jefferson's wife, M...
2022-02-2029 min
With the Bark Off: Conversations on the American Presidency“You don't understand Jefferson, if you don't understand the way he exploited his enslaved people.” A Conversation With Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter OnufAnnette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. She's the author of six books, including The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Peter Onuf is the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Virginia. He's also author of numerous books, including most recently Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance. In 2017, these two giants in the history of the early American republic teamed up to publish the book at the heart...
2022-02-1744 min
All About Books"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-ReedAnnette Gordon-Reed grew up in Texas. In her book “On Juneteenth” she brings together American history, her family chronicle and a historian’s view of the path for the nation that started in Galveston Texas on June 19th, 1865.
2022-02-0907 min
Juneteenth ConversationsConversations with Annette Gordon Reed - Part ThreeIn the third of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.
2021-11-2341 minJuneteenth ConversationsConversations with Annette Gordon Reed - Part TwoIn the second of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.
2021-11-2335 minJuneteenth ConversationsConversations with Annette Gordon Reed - Part OneIn the first of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.
2021-10-0440 min
ReChoiceREFLECT with Katy Johnson - "A More Perfect Union" - Teaching and Learning our HistoryKaty Johnson is our first guest from New Jersey, her friend calls her "the Lieutenant Dan of History Teachers". Katy and I discuss our mutual passion for the study of history and why we teach. Why is history important? What are the most rewarding and challenging parts about being a history teacher today? What do we love to read? And what's it mean to "hug a cactus?"SHOW NOTESHistory Teachers Talking - Podcast episode with Katy discussing Eleanor RooseveltBooks The Hemingses of Monticello: An Americ...
2021-09-2350 min
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVAnnette Gordon-ReedWherein we are joined by Annette Gordon-Reed, historian and law professor at Harvard, Pulitzer Prize winner, and most recently. the author of "On Juneteenth"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-251h 01
Biographers International OrganizationPodcast Episode #70 – Annette Gordon-ReedAnnette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. She also is the author of several acclaimed books, including The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and the Anisfield-Wolf Nonfiction Book Award. Gordon-Reed lives in New York and Cambridge, and her latest book, On Juneteenth, was published by Liveright in May 2021.
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2021-08-0628 min
Fareed Zakaria GPSJuly 4, 2021 |On GPS: A Fourth of July Special; Fareed looks at the state of America on its 245th birthday, from politics, democracy, and economics, to race relations and culture.As the United States celebrates the fourth of July, Fareed brings on an array of experts to examine the state of the country right now. To discuss how history will view this moment in American political life Fareed hosts a panel discussion with two Pulitzer-prize winning historians, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham. Then, after a turbulent year for race relations in America, Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer-prize winning historian and Harvard professor, tells Fareed about the successes and shortcomings of the movement for racial justice in America. Plus, what’s next for the American economy after a period of intense ch...
2021-07-0540 min
817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning ShowThe History of Juneteenth - How Does Texas Change Its Story?Annette Gordon-Reed is an American historian and law professor at Harvard University. Dr. Gordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.Today she joins Jimmy and EJ to talk about her new book On Juneteenth and what Texas can do to correct its history to represent the truth rather than Hollywood.You can get her book at The Dock Bookshop at 6637 Meadowbrook Dr. Fort Worth, TX 76112.Join the 817 Gather Discord, and follow us on Instagram...
2021-07-0539 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastAnnette Gordon-Reed, On JuneteenthPresented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Annette Gordon-Reed is in conversation with Lawrence Jackson about her new book, On Juneteenth. In ON JUNETEENTH, Gordon-Reed combines her own scholarship with a personal and intimate reflection of an overlooked holiday that has suddenly taken on new significance in a post-George Floyd world. As Gordon-Reed writes, “It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.” Yet, Texas—the last state to free its slaves—has long acknowledged the moment on June 19...
2021-06-291h 01
Sounds Good with Branden HarveyHow to Keep Juneteenth Alive All Year RoundPulitzer Prize winner Professor Annette Gordon-Reed has been celebrating Juneteenth her entire life. But in light of the global spotlight on the Black Lives Matter movement from last year’s protests against police brutality, more and more people are aware of what Juneteenth represents for America. As well as a celebration of Black joy and liberty, Juneteenth is an opportunity to reflect on the history of emancipation—and how we can continue to fight for civil rights the other days of the year too.
In this episode, Professor Gordon Reed — a notable American historian and Harvard professor — shares w...
2021-06-2829 min
Better OffWe're better off with JuneteenthIn a special bonus episode, recorded a day before Juneteenth was made a federal holiday, we listen in on a conversation between Opal Lee, an activist and teacher often called the "grandmother of Juneteenth," and Harvard University professors Annette Gordon-Reed and Evelyn Hammonds.Guests:Opal Lee, ActivistAnnette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University; author, On JuneteenthEvelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African-American Studies, Harvard UniversityFor a full transcript of this episode or to watch t...
2021-06-2420 min
WEBS RADIO PODCASTSLiving The Blues: A review of the book "On Juneteenth" by Author Annette Gordon-ReedAuthor Annette Gordon-Reed's book "On Juneteenth" discusses the issues surrounding the celebration from her view born in Texas, where it all began. Although Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday, there are still some African American people who are familiar with what the day is all about. A few people from the community read the book and dropped by to share what they thought. Listen as Carol Shaheed, Dr. MaryAnn Harris and Eboni Bogan provide their insight on this short read.
2021-06-2318 min
92NY TalksAnnette Gordon-Reed with Brent Staples: In Celebration of JuneteenthJoin Pulitzer Prize-winning writers Annette Gordon-Reed and Brent Staples for a discussion of Gordon-Reed's new book, On Juneteenth — a stirring reflection on how the holiday commemorating the freeing of African-American slaves in the United States is celebrated. Focusing on her upbringing in Texas, Gordon-Reed's candid meditation on the complex mythologies of her state's relationship to the holiday provides a personal but historically grounded lens on race in America. Hear her and Staples discuss the book and break down the controversies surrounding Juneteenth's celebration, its renewed significance in the wake of last summer's protests, and more.
2021-06-191h 07
Our Body PoliticBlack Americans Call for Political Substance over Symbolism, the Biden-Harris Administration on Systemic Racism, and the Power of Telling Our StoriesFarai Chideya talks with special guest Jenni Monet, an Indigenous affairs reporter and media critic at Indigenously, and Errin Haines of The 19th, on Sippin’ the Political Tea. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge explains why it’s so important to her that the federal government call out systemic racism. Harvard University historian Annette Gordon-Reed reflects on Juneteenth through the lens of memoir. And author Nobuko Miyamoto shares her new book, “Not Yo’ Butterfly,” about her decades as an artist and activist in the U.S.EPISODE RUNDOWN1:02 Sippin’ the Political Te...
2021-06-1847 min
The City Lights CollectiveHistorian Annette Gordon-Reed's "On Juneteenth"Lois Reitzes interviews historian Annette Gordon-Reed about her book "On Juneteenth"; Matthew A. Cherry about his short film "Hair Love"; and artist Charmaine Minniefield about her exhibition "Remembrance As Resistance" at Oakland Cemetery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-06-1850 min
The ExchangeReplay: 'On Juneteenth' With Historian Annette Gordon-ReedAlthough Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the Civil War prevented it being enacted in much of the South. Emancipation Day, now known as Juneteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865, when around 250,000 enslaved people were declared free in Texas. NHPR's Peter Biello talks with historian Annette Gordon-Reed, whose book, On Juneteenth , gives a view of the country’s road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and episodes from her life growing up in Texas. In 1965, she was the first child to integrate her town’s all-white schools. Juneteenth became a N.H. state holiday in 2019. Airdate: Friday, June 18, 2021. This show...
2021-06-1756 min
The Exchange from NHPRReplay: 'On Juneteenth' With Historian Annette Gordon-ReedAlthough Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the Civil War prevented it being enacted in much of the South. Emancipation Day, now known as Juneteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865, when around 250,000 enslaved people were declared free in Texas. NHPR's Peter Biello talks with historian Annette Gordon-Reed, whose book, On Juneteenth, gives a view of the country’s road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and episodes from her life growing up in Texas. In 1965, she was the first child to integrate her town’s all-white schools. Juneteenth became a N.H. state holiday in 2019.
2021-06-1756 min
Black History for White PeopleJuneteenthWe first cover what was going on in the nation before the emancipation proclamation, then zoom in on Texas specifically and what the culture was like, share some stories from the past, and tie the throughline to why and how people celebrate Juneteenth.Bob White story perspective:https://hauntedconroe.com/murder-in-the-courtroom/Great book on Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed:https://www.amazon.com/Juneteenth-Annette-Gordon-Reed/dp/1631498835/ref=nodl_Texas Constitution 1824 - 1876:https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/republic-texas-1836/general-provisionsFor bonus content, full interviews, and the ability...
2021-06-161h 18The Exchange from NHPR'On Juneteenth' With Historian Annette Gordon-ReedAlthough Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the Civil War prevented it being enacted in much of the South. Emancipation Day, now known as Juneteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865, when around 250,000 enslaved people were declared free in Texas. NHPR's Peter Biello talks with historian Annette Gordon-Reed, whose book, On Juneteenth, gives a view of the country’s road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and episodes from her life growing up in Texas. In 1965, she was the first child to integrate her town’s all-white schools. Juneteenth became a N.H. state holiday in 2019.
2021-06-1456 minThe Exchange'On Juneteenth' With Historian Annette Gordon-ReedAlthough Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the Civil War prevented it being enacted in much of the South. Emancipation Day, now known as Juneteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865, when around 250,000 enslaved people were declared free in Texas. NHPR's Peter Biello talks with historian Annette Gordon-Reed, whose book, On Juneteenth , gives a view of the country’s road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and episodes from her life growing up in Texas. In 1965, she was the first child to integrate her town’s all-white schools. Juneteenth became a N.H. state holiday in 2019. Airdate: Tuesday, June 15, 2021
2021-06-1456 min
Q&AAnnette Gordon-Reed, Author, "On Juneteenth"Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reed talks about the history and legacy of Juneteenth - June 19th - the day in 1865 that enslaved African Americans in Texas were informed of their emancipation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-06-1458 min
Ben Franklin's World304 On JuneteenthJuneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States has gained momentum.What do we know about Juneteenth and its origins?Annette Gordon-Reed, an award-winning historian at Harvard University and Harvard Law School, is a native Texan and she joins us to discuss the early history of Texas and the origins of the Juneteenth holiday with details from her book, On Juneteenth.
2021-06-0853 min
Ben Franklin's World304 On JuneteenthJuneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States has gained momentum. What do we know about Juneteenth and its origins? Annette Gordon-Reed, an award-winning historian at Harvard University and Harvard Law School, is a native Texan and she joins us to discuss the early history of Texas and the origins of the Juneteenth holiday with details from her book, On Juneteenth. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/304 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 067, John Ryan Fisc...
2021-06-0851 min
The Road to NowJuneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-ReedJuneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Americans at the end of the Civil War, has gone from a local holiday in Texas to a national day of celebration for many Americans. In this episode we speak with legal scholar and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed about her new book On Juneteenth and the ways that the holiday, her personal story and the history of the US can help us better understand the world today. Annette Gordon-Reed is Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard University, where she is also the Carol K. Pforzheimer...
2021-06-0759 min
The Book ReviewMichael Lewis on 'The Premonition'In 2018, Michael Lewis published “The Fifth Risk,” which argued, in short, that the federal government was underprepared for a variety of disaster scenarios. Guess what his new book is about? Lewis visits the podcast this week to discuss “The Premonition,” which recounts the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.“It wasn’t just Trump,” Lewis says. “Trump made everything worse. But there had ben changes in the American government, and changes in particular at the C.D.C., that made them less and less capable of actually controlling disease and more and more like a fine academic institution that...
2021-05-071h 05
Indulge In This High-Impact Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Vernon Can Read! by Vernon Jordan Jr, Annette Gordon-Reed - contributorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/225883to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Vernon Can Read!
Author: Vernon Jordan Jr, Annette Gordon-Reed - contributor
Narrator: Vernon Jordan Jr
Format: mp3
Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
Release date: 05-04-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 71 ratings
Genres: African American Studies
Publisher's Summary:
As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man’s post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. “Vernon can read!” the man exclaimed to his relatives. Nearly 50 years later, Vernon Jordan, now a...
2021-05-042h 09
Tune In To The Most Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook Today!On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-ReedPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/168284to listen full audiobooks.
Title: On Juneteenth
Author: Annette Gordon-Reed
Narrator: Karen Chilton
Format: mp3
Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 05-04-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 605 ratings
Genres: Racism & Discrimination
Publisher's Summary:
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond.
2021-05-043h 44
Axelbank Reports History and Today#46: Annette Gordon-Reed - "On Juneteenth"For this week's episode, we are delighted to welcome one of America's most important scholars, Annette Gordon-Reed. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Hemingses of Monticello," explores the lives of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and how their secret union defines America.We spoke with the professor about her new book, "On Juneteenth," which is a reflection on her upbringing in Texas and how the sacred holiday was first celebrated in Galveston. From the moment on June 19th, 1865, when slavery was announced as extinct - to both cheers and disgust - Professor Gordon-Reed takes us on a journey through...
2021-04-2747 min
Liz Covart, Author at Ben Franklin's WorldEpisode 300: Vast Early Americahttps://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/300_Vast_Early_America.mp3
What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better understanding?
In celebration of the 300th episode of Ben Franklin’s World, we posed these questions to more than 30 scholars. What do they think?
Join the celebration to learn more about Early America and take a behind-the-scenes tour of your favorite history podcast.
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Ben Franklin’s World is a podcast about early American history.
It is a sh...
2021-04-1300 min
PhD TalkInterview with Kaelyn Apple: on combining the PhD with owning a business and a YouTube channelIn today's episode, we interview Kaelyn Apple, first year PhD candidate in African American history at Yale, YouTuber at The Redhead Academic, and business owner of Accepted. We discuss her path from UCLA (with an exchange at Cambridge), Oxford to Yale, the way she combines her studies with her online presence and her business, and her best tips for getting in the university of your dreams. Kaelyn also shares her insights on the role of academia in racial and social justice, and how she shares her research insights in her YouTube videos. We also look at...
2021-03-1042 min
Faith ForumFaith Forum: When the Past Isn't Really the Past (and What to Do About It) Annette Gordon-Reed is an American historian and law professor. She is currently the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard University. Gordon-Reed is noted for changing scholarship on Thomas Jefferson regarding his relationship with Sally Hemings and her children. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Award for Nonfiction and 15 other prizes in 2009 for her work on the Hemings family of Monticello.
2020-11-0847 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinHistorian Annette Gordon-Reed: Sally Hemings of MonticelloHost Marcia Franklin sits down with historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. The book, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, explores the complex bonds between President Thomas Jefferson and one of his slave families, the Hemingses. Using primary source documents, as well as second-hand accounts, Gordon-Reed tries to piece together the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings, with whom most historians now believe he had as many as seven children. Hemings, a slave at Monticello, was also the half-sister of Jefferson's wife...
2020-10-0429 min
Fareed Zakaria GPSJuly 5, 2020 | On GPS: America's racial reckoning - is change really coming this time? Also, which nations combated Covid best?Airdate July 5 2020: Eminent historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Tim Naftali reflect on the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. Will this moment bring about real change? Then, what do the countries that conquered Covid-19 successfully have in common? Did democracies outperform dictatorships? Political Scientist Francis Fukuyama explains. Finally, Rutger Bregman has an answer to the age-old question, is humanity inherently good or evil?
GUESTS: Annette Gordon-Reed, Timothy Naftali, Francis Fukuyama, Rutger BregmanTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
2020-07-0540 min
Aspen Ideas to GoSeparating Myth from Reality in American HistoryTwo Pulitzer Prize-winning historians explain the difference between myth and reality in American history. David Blight, a professor at Yale, says we use myths to help process history, which can be dismal. “Much of history is dark because human nature is dark. We sometimes have to process the past in sentimentalism — in stories that allow us to wake up in the morning.” Annette Gordon-Reed, an American legal history professor at Harvard, says the point of history is to figure out how you got to where you are in present-day. Blight and Gordon-Reed sit down with John Dickerson, correspondent for “60 Minutes,” to discuss...
2019-11-2056 min
Aspen Ideas to GoSeparating Myth from Reality in American HistoryTwo Pulitzer Prize-winning historians explain the difference between myth and reality in American history. David Blight, a professor at Yale, says we use myths to help process history, which can be dismal. “Much of history is dark because human nature is dark. We sometimes have to process the past in sentimentalism — in stories that allow us to wake up in the morning.” Annette Gordon-Reed, an American legal history professor at Harvard, says the point of history is to figure out how you got to where you are in present-day. Blight and Gordon-Reed sit down with John Dickerson, correspondent for “60 Minutes...
2019-11-2056 min
On Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Annette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar with Krista TippettWe must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order...
2019-07-041h 17
On Being with Krista TippettAnnette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar — Are We Actually Citizens Here?We must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to...
2019-07-0451 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Annette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar with Krista TippettWe must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to...
2019-07-041h 17On Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Annette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar with Krista TippettWe must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to...
2019-07-041h 17On Being with Krista TippettAnnette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar — Are We Actually Citizens Here?We must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to...
2019-07-0451 minOn Being with Krista TippettAnnette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar — Are We Actually Citizens Here?We must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order...
2019-07-0451 min
On BeingAnnette Gordon-Reed & Titus Kaphar — Are We Actually Citizens Here?We must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference. Gordon-Reed is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with President Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. Kaphar collapses historical timelines on canvas and created iconic images after the protests in Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to repair...
2019-07-0351 min
In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It MattersThe Divergent Lives of Thomas Jefferson's White and Black DaughtersThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we dive into the fascinating story of the daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Ever since the revelations in 1998 – courtesy of modern DNA analysis – that Thomas Jefferson did indeed have a longterm sexual relationship with an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings, historians have examined the 3rd president in a new light. And his historic home, Monticello, has transformed the way it presents the life of Jefferson, devoting increasing amounts of attention and space to Sally Hemings and the many hundreds of other enslaved people who lived and worked there. But what...
2019-04-1851 min
In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It MattersJefferson and Adams: Founders, Foes, and FriendsThis week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, we look at the fractious and imperfect, but also quite revealing relationship between two of the most brilliant Founders, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The two men came from radically different backgrounds – Adams was the striver from a middle class family in Massachusetts, Jefferson was the entitled one from Virginia. And yet, both became ardent revolutionaries in the 1770s, both served in the Continental Congress, and both were named to the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. During the war, both served as diplomats in Europe, and it wa...
2018-01-1137 min
UVA LawAnnette Gordon-Reed Delivers McCorkle Lecture On 'Black Citizenship'Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reed delivered the McCorkle Lecture on "Black Citizenship, Law, and the Founding." (University of Virginia School of Law, Nov. 9, 2017)
2017-11-131h 07
Roughly Speaking4th of July episode: Jefferson and Hamilton (episode 119)In this Independence Day episode of Roughly Speaking, some fresh perspectives on Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, with two leading Jefferson scholars — Annette Gordon-Reed, who won the Pulitzer Prize for history for her research on Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, and Pete Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and senior researcher at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Gordon-Reed and Onuf have collaborated on a book, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.”
2017-11-0546 min
On BeingAnnette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar — Are We Actually Citizens Here?In life, in families, we shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. In this conversation at the Citizen University annual conference, historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure. She is the historian who introduced the world to Sally Hemings and the children she had with Thomas Jefferson, and so realigned a primary chapter of the American story with the deeper, more complicated truth. He collapses timelines on canvas, and created iconic images after Ferguson. Both are reckoning with history in order to repair the present.
2017-06-2652 min
American History (Audio)Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with HistoryConversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the conventional historical view of the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Professor Gordon-Reed highlights the racism embedded in Jeffersonian historiography; ignoring, for example, factual evidence, which confirmed that Jefferson was the father of Sally Heming’s children. In examining the evolution of Jefferson’s ideas on slavery, Professor Gordon-Reed emphasizes how Jefferson’s theory of sla...
2016-11-1454 min
Black History (Audio)Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with HistoryConversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the conventional historical view of the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Professor Gordon-Reed highlights the racism embedded in Jeffersonian historiography; ignoring, for example, factual evidence, which confirmed that Jefferson was the father of Sally Heming’s children. In examining the evolution of Jefferson’s ideas on slavery, Professor Gordon-Reed emphasizes how Jefferson’s theory of sla...
2016-11-1454 minBlack History (Video)Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with HistoryConversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the conventional historical view of the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Professor Gordon-Reed highlights the racism embedded in Jeffersonian historiography; ignoring, for example, factual evidence, which confirmed that Jefferson was the father of Sally Heming’s children. In examining the evolution of Jefferson’s ideas on slavery, Professor Gordon-Reed emphasizes how Jefferson’s theory of sla...
2016-11-1454 minAmerican History (Video)Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with HistoryConversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the conventional historical view of the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Professor Gordon-Reed highlights the racism embedded in Jeffersonian historiography; ignoring, for example, factual evidence, which confirmed that Jefferson was the father of Sally Heming’s children. In examining the evolution of Jefferson’s ideas on slavery, Professor Gordon-Reed emphasizes how Jefferson’s theory of sla...
2016-11-1454 min
Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library7. Annette Gordon-Reed And Peter OnufDr. Annette Gordon-Reed is an award-winning author and the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School. Dr. Peter S. Onus is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. They discuss in this episode their latest joint book, "'Most Blessed of the Patriarchs': Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination." Gordon-Reed and Onus spoke at the Washington Library's Michelle Smith Lecture Series on May 5, 2016.
2016-07-0444 minEnoch Pratt Free Library PodcastWriters LIVE: Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the ImaginationIn this groundbreaking work of history, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed and the country's leading Jefferson scholar Peter S. Onuf present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Tracing Jefferson's development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson's imagination -- his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment. Jefferson often likened himself to an ancient figure -- "the...
2016-05-021h 17