Matt McKeon
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Gordon Reed is best known for her books on Monticello: Sally Hemming and Thomas Jefferson: An American Controversy and the book she won the Pulitzer Prize: The Hemmings of Monticello: An American Family
In this short book, she writes a thoughtful memoir of growing up in east Texas, her memories of her family, celebrations of Juneteenth, of being the first Black child to attend the "white" school after desegregation, of balancing the love and affection, strengthened by memories of family and friends with a clearer eyed understanding of history. Well worth reading.
In this short book, she writes a thoughtful memoir of growing up in east Texas, her memories of her family, celebrations of Juneteenth, of being the first Black child to attend the "white" school after desegregation, of balancing the love and affection, strengthened by memories of family and friends with a clearer eyed understanding of history. Well worth reading.