Topic: Sally Hemmings

The author, right, and his cousin Shannon LaNier, who anchors CW39's "Morning Dose" in Houston.

Two great grandsons of Thomas Jefferson

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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The cowards called me a race traitor

Lucian K. Truscott IV
The author and his brother laying a wreath on Jefferson’s grave at the family reunion in 1953. (courtesy of the author)

Slavery at Monticello acknowledged

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello (Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello/Ryan Jones)

Jefferson's family reunion

Lucian K. Truscott IV