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Annette Gordon-Reed analyzes those who see the Constitution through the strictest lens.
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Annette Gordon-Reed confirms that Jefferson wanted all (white) men to be able to live unencumbered lives.
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Annette Gordon-Reed on why Thomas Jefferson hated banks.
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Annette Gordon-Reed tells why she wrote the book.
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Annette Gordon-Reed says the work is not over yet.
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Obama’s rise heartens Annette Gordon-Reed, but she still sees a great deal of progress to be made.
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Understanding that the world is incoherent informs Annette Gordon-Reed’s work.
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Annette Gordon-Reed unpacks 18th century and contemporary racism.
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Annette Gordon-Reed noted that analyses of slavery and slave ownership were missing from the bulk of Jeffersonian scholarship.
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Annette Gordon-Reed says despite the popular notions of Jefferson, he had a big heart.
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The Charlottesville community was certainly aware of their relationship Annette Gordon-Reed says.
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Though Jefferson was by any objective standard a racist, Annette Gordon-Reed discovered his relationship with Sally Hemmings was immensely progressive.
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Annette Gordon-Reed wanted to fill in the holes in the Merchant Ivory film.
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Annette Gordon-Reed read about Jefferson in the third grade but noticed something missing from the narrative.
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Going to an all-white school in east Texas made Annette Gordon-Reed aware of race from an early age.
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Anne-Marie Slaughter’s vision for a networked world.
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The former House Majority Leader outlines his action plan for America’s future.
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The former United States Comptroller General outlines his action plan for America’s future.