This post by PRIYANKEE SAIKIA appeared in mensxp.com. One of the most famous political faces of pop culture today is the Argentine guerilla leader Che Guevara. His inspirational life and left behind a host of influences in art, fashion and even religion. He would have been 85 this year, had he lived. We pay tribute…
On March 16th, descendants will mark the birthday of James Madison, America’s fourth president and the author of our constitution. Among them, an African
On March 16th, descendants will mark the birthday of James Madison, America’s fourth president and the author of our constitution. Among them, an African
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Many of us have heard about the history and relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman of African descent working at his Monticello plantation. Historic records and DNA evidence show that Jefferson fathered six children with Hemings, four surviving to adulthood.
What of those children? What became of them?
According to research from The Early Music Access Project (EMAP) in Charlottesville, two of Jefferson and Hemings’ sons, Beverly and Eston, became accomplished fiddlers for Monticello and beyond, spawning a legacy of music throughout our region.
Black Fiddlers, a documentary from EMAP and the Heritage Film Project recently began production. It features the legacies of two families of fiddlers, connected by blood and by marriage to Jefferson and Hemings.