Suzan-Lori Parks' backstage drama follows the making of a play-within-a-play about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
Did Sally Hemings love Thomas Jefferson? That question pops up multiple times in multiple ways-and is answered, both in the positive and the negative–in Suzan-Lori Parks' sprawling "Sally & Tom" ...
He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...