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Reclamation : Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy
- Title
- Reclamation : Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy / Gayle Jessup White.
- Author
- White, Gayle Jessup, 1957-
- Publication
- New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- xix, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables; 24 cm
- Summary
- Chronicling her remarkable journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it, a black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family offers a compelling portrait to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor.
- White had long heard the stories that her father's family were direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson. For four decades she researched her connection to Thomas Jefferson, to confirm its truth once and for all. Poring through photos and documents and pursuing DNA evidence, she learned that not only was she a descendant of Jefferson on his father's side; she was also the great-great-great-granddaughter of Peter Hemings, Sally Hemings's brother. Here she chronicles her journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it. In doing so White offers a compelling portrait of what it means to be a black woman in America, to pursue the American dream, to reconcile the legacy of racism, and to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor. -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- White, Gayle Jessup, 1957- > Family
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Family
- Hemings, Sally > Family
- Jefferson family
- Hemings family
- Hemings, Sally
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- African American families > Genealogy
- Racially mixed people > United States > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- African American women > Biography
- African American women television journalists > Biography
- Women television news anchors > Biography
- African American families
- African Americans
- Families
- Racially mixed people
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Genealogy.
- Contents
- Eastland Gardens -- Deanwood -- Las Vegas: a turning point -- Washington, DC: the Jefferson question -- Howard University -- Roots -- Chicago -- Georgia -- Wedding of the year -- A prayer and a poem -- An ode to the Jessups -- Marriage -- Death always comes in threes -- Richmond -- The dome room -- Eva Taylor -- mysterious as ever -- Paternity test -- RIP, Chocolate City -- "A slave girl named Sally" -- The plot thickens -- The Randolphs -- Cousins -- DNA does not lie -- What's in a name? -- The Robinsons -- Whitewashing history -- A coffee shop chat -- My ancestors' footsteps -- Velma & Ruth -- Charlottesville -- Sally Hemings Robinson -- Homecoming.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-245
- ISBN
- 9780063028654
- 0063028654
- OCLC
- 1284922581
- Author
- White, Gayle Jessup, 1957- author.
- Title
- Reclamation : Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy / Gayle Jessup White.
- Publisher
- New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-245