The Jefferson Memorial is an iconic Washington landmark and the National Park Service calls it a “shrine to freedom,” but two of Thomas Jefferson’s descendants are calling for it to be replaced.

And in Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America, Catherine Kerrison, (Ballantine, 448 pp., ★★★ out of four) tells us the stories of three of Thomas ...

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With her new book “Reclamation,” Gayle Jessup White brings her Black ancestors descended from Thomas Jefferson the Hemings family out of the shadows. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win ...

The main cemetery for white people was fenced to keep unscheduled people out. The graves were marked by raised headstones, flat markers, obelisks, and what appeared to be a tomb from a distance.

Two descendants of Thomas Jefferson said they want his DC memorial replaced because it glorifies the third president as a Founding Father without providing context about him being a slaveholder.