Gordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Get your copy of “ On Juneteenth,” and mark your calendars for this special livestream!Īnnette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. All too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Lone Star State, Gordon-Reed-herself a Texas native and the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s-forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of her home state, with implications for us all.
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 country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond. This talk will be livestreamed here, on our Facebook page, and our YouTube channel. Professor Gordon-Reed will discuss her new book, On Juneteenth, with moderator and Getting Word descendant Andrew Davenport and field questions from the audience. ET for a special live Q&A with Monticello trustee and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Annette Gordon-Reed. Join us on Tuesday, June 15, at 1:00 p.m.
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