Basic Black; 4006; Searching For Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-Reed

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Basic Black
Episode Number
4006
Episode
Searching For Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-Reed
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
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WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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cpb-aacip-15-83xskttq
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Episode Description
Professor and author Annette Gordon-Reed is best known for her 1997 book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy. In that thorough examination of the 38-year liaison between the third president and his slave, Gordon-Reed took a critical look at how historians and biographers had treated evidence of the affair; DNA tests have since proved that Jefferson indeed fathered children with Hemings. On this episode of Basic Black, Gordon-Reed discusses her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, in which she returns to the historical saga to offer an exhaustive look at the Hemings family.
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CC MasterSearching for Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-ReedShow #4006Broadcast Date: 1/8/09
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Moving Image
Duration
00:28:31;08
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Unit: Boston Media Productions
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WGBH
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Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
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Chicago: “Basic Black; 4006; Searching For Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-Reed,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 26, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-83xskttq.
MLA: “Basic Black; 4006; Searching For Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-Reed.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 26, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-83xskttq>.
APA: Basic Black; 4006; Searching For Sally Hemings: A Conversation with Author Annette Gordon-Reed. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-83xskttq