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FILE - This Feb. 17, 2016 file photo shows statue of Thomas Jefferson greeting visitors in the main lobby of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Va. Jefferson once wrote that African Americans smelled and were incapable for producing art and poetry. President Donald Trump may have raised eyebrows over a series of racist tweets in July 2019 but it's not the first time a U.S. president has sparked attention for racist gestures. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

History As It Happens: Understanding Jefferson

By Martin Di Caro

Monticello exhibits shed light on Sally Hemings

By TYLER HAMMEL - Associated Press

Illustration on the romance between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Sally Hemings today would be an icon of the #MeToo movement

By Suzanne Fields

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Martha Jefferson Randolph’

By Priscilla Taylor - Special to The Washington Times

New exhibit explores Jefferson’s slave ownership

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

"The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy: Report of the Scholars Commission" is a new look at a very old dispute about American history. (Carolina Academic Press)

New book disputes claim Jefferson fathered children of slave Hemings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times