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On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed
2021
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Jefferson on Race: A Reader
Thomas Jefferson, Annette Gordon-Reed
2026
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Ken Burns's Inevitable Revolution

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Meet Thomas Jefferson

Portraying a 19th-century president.
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The real history of Juneteenth is much messier—and more inspiring.
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A Pulitzer Prize winner punches down.
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