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youtube special in and a special welcome to our c-span audience. before we get to today s discussion i would like to let you know about two programs coming up soon. on friday that were 16th at noon professors chris my wrist and george derek musgrove will be here to talk about a tumultuous four century story of race and democracy in washington d.c. yesterday that the soft served as a national battleground for contentious issues including segregation and civil rights of the drug war. after a two-year absence from public view abraham lincoln s original proclamation will be on display in the east rotunda gallery during presidents day weekend. don t miss this rare pretended to see the original emancipation proclamation. the document will be made available for viewing on february 17 come 18th and 19th between the hours of 10:00 and 5:30 h. day three to learn more about these and other public programs and exhibits consult our calendar of events on line at archives.gov. there ....
and americans family. she is professor of law of the new york law school and professor of history at rutgers university. she is the author of thomas jefferson sally henning, which remains most influential study of the subject. she has written numerous articles on jefferson and edited forthcoming reader on jefferson and rates which will be published by princeton university press. she also had had time to complete a short biography of andrew johnson which will be published in the fall of 2009. please join me in welcoming a net cord in reeves. [applause] thank you, very much for that introduction i love how he says that. [laughter] say it again. say it again. it is great to be here among some many people that i know. such a familiar place to me i came back to monticello and many times and it is always good to be here i ve never been here when is raining. so, this is an interesting thing for me. a day that began at 4:00 a.m. this morning trying to get there quickly and ta ....
the hemmings of monticello and american family. professor of law at the new york law school and professor of history at rutgers university and it remains the mostof theje. influential study of the subject they were the forthcoming which shuld be published by princeton universitye . although had time and this is admirable to complete a short biography that will be published in the fall of 2009. please join me in welcoming annette gordon reed. [applause] thank you for that introduction. [laughter] it s great to be here among so many people i know. i ve come back many times and i when is rainin must say i ve never been here while it was raining.happy e hee a am very happy to be here with you. this is what this book means to me and people are familiar with my work understand that my first inte interest inre monticello wasn t really the hemmings, it waseffen jefferson. fter having read a child sintro biography. that s when i first began to to love history. using my feeling o ....
hello, and good afternoon my name is andrew i am a director of the international center for jefferson studies. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker who is here on the launch of perm much anticipated steady the hemming of monticello and americans family. she is professor of law of the new york law school and professor of history at rutgers university. she is the author of thomas jefferson sally henning, which remains most influential study of the subject. she has written numerous articles on jefferson and edited forthcoming reader on jefferson and rates which will be published by princeton university press. she also had had time to complete a short biography of andrew johnson which will be published in the fall of 2009. please join me in welcoming a net cord in reeves. [applause] thank you, very much for that introduction i love how he says that. [laughter] say it again. say it again. it is great to be here among some many people that i know. such a familiar pl ....
american legal history, and a professor of history without arts and science at harvard university. she is a drug 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 city. she has written extensively on americans,nd unseen including a biography of andrew johnson, and her most recent book in paperback today is, most blessed of the patriarchs, thomas jefferson, and the empire of the imagination. when it comes to jefferson as i said earlier, we are fortunate to have dr. gordon reed here. no one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. the relationship between our third president and his own slaves is one she first exported 1997. that s both thomas jefferson and sally h ....