Jefferson's Children: The Story Of One American Family

Shannon Lanier is black, & the story of his family -- that they had sprung from the union of Thomas Jefferson & his African-American slave Sally Hemings -- had been passed down through his family's oral history, without official historical documentation. On Nov. 1, 1998, the news broke that DNA evidence had been discovered to link Jefferson & Hemings through their youngest son. At a family reunion, Shannon met photographer Jane Feldman. The two of them embarked on a journey across America to interview & photograph family members. This journey also took them back in time to the man & woman who were Shannon's ninth-generation ancestors. This book includes these unique photos & stories.Shannon Lanier is the author of 'Jefferson's Children: The Story Of One American Family' with ISBN 9780756774189 and ISBN 0756774187.