Part of their great lives lecture series. [applause] [clears throat] wow. It is perhaps appropriate that on Thomas Jeffersons birthday, we bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers. One of jeffersons cleverest biographers. Professor Annette Gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case, as our speaker on tuesday might have said, on one of American Historys most complex and now expunged until now, expunged stories, which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Professor gordon reed is the Charles Morin professor of american legal history, and a professor of history arts and science at harvard university. She has a jaw dropping list of honors, i will read you a few. Fellowship from the dorothy and lose the Common Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a macarthur fellowship, the National Humanities medal, and the woman of power and influence award from the National Organization for women in new york
Histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation and manager of the getting word africanamerican oral history project at monticello. He is currently a ph. D. Candidate at Georgetown University ity. Our final panelist is my coll
Now im delighted to introduce our next panel of impressive scholars who will discuss slavery at president ial sites and how these places are sharing and promoting more inclusive histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation
Now im delighted to introduce our next panel of impressive scholars who will discuss slavery at president ial sites and how these places are sharing and promoting more inclusive histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation
The discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation and manager of the getting word africanamerican oral history project at monticello. He is currently a ph. D. Candidate at Georgetown University ity. Our final panelist is my colleague lena mann, historian at the White House Historical association. Lenas research at the association focuses on the enslaved individuals that built, lived and worked in the white house. Please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage. Oh, great. Good, good. Good afternoon. Thats nice and enthusiastic after that wonderful life. Mm hmm. I actually think is there nap room . Well, its a pleasure to be here this afternoon. And we have a wonderful conversation and thats going to unfold on stage. And im really honored to be on stage wi