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Annette Gordon-Reed Follow

Professor of Law, New York Law School

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Constitutional Law

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed analyzes those who see the Constitution through the strictest lens. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In Truth & Justice

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Jefferson’s Hope for America

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed confirms that Jefferson wanted all (white) men to be able to live unencumbered lives. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Jefferson’s Plan for the Economy

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed on why Thomas Jefferson hated banks. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In Business & Economics

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Vernon Jordan Can Read!

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed tells why she wrote the book. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on a Post-racial America

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed says the work is not over yet. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In Identity

  • Annette Gordon-Reed on Obama’s Ascendency

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Obama’s rise heartens Annette Gordon-Reed, but she still sees a great deal of progress to be made. Read More

    November 24, 2008

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Law Scholarship

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Understanding that the world is incoherent informs Annette Gordon-Reed’s work. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In Truth & Justice

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Racism Then and Now

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed unpacks 18th century and contemporary racism. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Deficiencies in Jeffersonian Scholarship

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed noted that analyses of slavery and slave ownership were missing from the bulk of Jeffersonian scholarship. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Re-imagining Jefferson

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed says despite the popular notions of Jefferson, he had a big heart. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on the Public Perception of Jefferson and Hemmings

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    The Charlottesville community was certainly aware of their relationship Annette Gordon-Reed says. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on the Jefferson-Hemmings Relationship

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Though Jefferson was by any objective standard a racist, Annette Gordon-Reed discovered his relationship with Sally Hemmings was immensely progressive. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Retelling Jefferson’s Story

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed wanted to fill in the holes in the Merchant Ivory film. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Thomas Jefferson

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Annette Gordon-Reed read about Jefferson in the third grade but noticed something missing from the narrative. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

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    Annette Gordon-Reed on Growing Up With De Facto Segregation

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Going to an all-white school in east Texas made Annette Gordon-Reed aware of race from an early age. Read More

    November 24, 2008   |  In History

User_rxwe_18d8e6c76 Annette Gordon-Reed is a professor of law at New York Law School and a professor of history at Rutgers. She earned a place in history with her first book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, which had an acclaimed but stormy reception when published in 1997, and which The New Yorker described as “brilliant.” She is recognized as one of our country’s most distinguished presidential scholars.Gordon-Reed spent her early career as an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and as Counsel to the New York City Board of Corrections. She speaks or moderates at numerous conferences across the country on history and law-related topics. Gordon-Reed is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, daughter, and son.

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