All too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Her latest book is "On Juneteenth," which, through the weaving together of American history, family chronicle and memoir, provides a historian's view of the country's long road to, first, the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, and later, to the establishment of Juneteenth as a national holiday.Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the nation’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in TexasĪnd the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond. Gordon-Reed has been recognized with a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship in the humanities, and the National Humanities Medal, bestowed upon her by President Barack Obama. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University, Gordon-Reed has won 16 book prizes over the course of her career, including the National Book Award in 2008 and the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2009 for "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," which tells the story of four generations of the Hemings family who were enslaved by Thomas Jefferson Jefferson was also the father of Sally Hemings' children. Graduate Professional Studies (Online Programs)įrom left: Carol Fierke, Annette Gordon-Reed, Chad WilliamsĪnnette Gordon-Reed is an author and scholar whose research is situated at the intersections of history, politics, law, race and culture.
Rabb School: Graduate Professional Studies
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
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