Events
ANNETTE GORDON-REED AND PETER S. ONUF: JEFFERSON, SLAVERY, AND THE MORAL IMAGINATION
Date and Time
Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Description
Thomas Jefferson – the most revered expositor of the early republic’s Enlightenment ideals – was deeply involved in the nation’s original sin of slavery. DNA testing has established that he fathered children with Sally Hemings. At this divisive and distrustful moment, how can Americans grapple productively with challenging histories and their consequences, which remain with us? The Hauenstein Center is proud to partner with Grand Valley’s Division of Inclusion and Equity to explore this question with historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf, respectively from Harvard University and the University of Virginia, in commemoration of the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Information
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