Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati
Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati
Part of their great lives lecture series. [applause] [clears throat] wow. It is perhaps appropriate that on Thomas Jeffersons birthday, we bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers. One of jeffersons cleverest biographers. Professor Annette Gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case, as our speaker on tuesday might have said, on one of American Historys most complex and now expunged until now, expunged stories, which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Professor gordon reed is the Charles Morin professor of american legal history, and a professor of history arts and science at harvard university. She has a jaw dropping list of honors, i will read you a few. Fellowship from the dorothy and lose the Common Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a macarthur fellowship, the National Humanities medal, and the woman of power and influence award from the National Organization for women in new york
Prof. Ferling hello, everybody. I want to thank the Atlanta History Center for inviting me in and provide a much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife carol and i were driving and that is, we looked at the thermometer on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as we came in. So it is much nicer to me. I want to thank you for coming out, especially on night when my priors are struggling to stay alive. I guess well find out how we think that when this is over. I want to talk with you tonight about jefferson and hamilton. Their political battle was over the shape and care for the new american nation and not battle has been a sense never really ended. Puts one in mind of the line from folksinger when he says the past isnt dead. In fact, the past is an event past because jefferson and hamiltons battle was over the same issues that have been perennial values in american clinical history. Struggles over the power and intrusiveness of the federal governmen
Its something that should be valued and should be used utilized. But pure will toy the extent you are comfortable doing that. Sir . [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] okay. Books and its important to distinguish between me and historians is that im a reporter. Thats all ive ever seen myself doing. What im doing in the books is saying im saying here is what, you know, people have said. H is information. Its not stuff i found out myself inspect is stuff im relaying the scholars, historian, various academics and people like that. This is, you know, they have found. Really im doing the same thing i did if i was doing a newspaper or magazine article. Im finding out what others have done. What the real brains of the world have done and relaying in it a way i hope will be acceptable to people. So the answer, you know, nay couldnt call me an authority on things like that. Oiment not an authority of things like that. The people they have to call in are the people that i