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Article: Jefferson, Hemings--again.(African American descendants of Thomas Jefferson)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- April 23, 2001
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When the White House invited Mary Jefferson to its celebration of Thomas Jefferson's 258th birthday, no one said a word about her being the great-great-great-granddaughter of a slave. President Bush wanted the Los Angeles kindergarten teacher to attend because she is a "descendant of Thomas Jefferson"--an official endorsement that reminded her of a famous movie scene. In 1947's Miracle on 34th Street, detractors doubted that Kris Kringle, the department-store Santa, was the real thing--until his lawyer produced bags of letters, all addressed to Santa Claus and delivered to Kringle by the Post Office. Mary Jefferson, in an E-mail to friends, raised a question: "Will the ...
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Transcript: Thomas Jefferson
Weekend Saturday (NPR);
July 4, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... leafy expanse of grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, just a few ... Independence, the roster of slaves Thomas Jefferson kept at Monticello: Frank ... memoirs -- he said, Well, Thomas Jefferson is my father. There was another ...
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