James Hemings was born in 1765 in Virginia to an enslaved mixed-race woman named Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings, and his father, John Wayles, was their owner. James was one of 12 children, however ...

Wayles had lost three wives by the time of his relationship with Betty Hemings, and he was said to have had several children with her, of whom the youngest was Sally. The Hemings family were light ...

The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...

Sam Neill and British actress Carmen Ejogo star in this dramatization of the 38-year romantic relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Hemings ... drives this film. Betty: Diahann Carroll.

Jefferson, who traveled extensively for long periods, always happened to be in residence nine months before the birth of each of Sally Hemings's seven children. Some of Hemings's children were ...

The story of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's enslaved lover and mother ... Ned (1859), involves an enslaved middle-aged man charged with raping six-year-old Betty Gordon and nine-year-old Eunice ...

Before Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White was the Queen of Comedy — pioneering her way from the radio airwaves to quiz shows and sitcoms. White died at her home on Friday ...

Betty Woodman was a ceramic artist best known for her exuberantly colorful and inventive work which gained recognition in the early 1970s. She often worked with a deconstructed version of the ...

Edna Lewis's apple brown Betty, served at Gordonsville Ice House ... like Child or Beard but have had similar impacts. James Hemings is among them. As Thomas Jefferson’s chef who, among other ...

Betty Cartledge walked into her local early voting station Wednesday to cast her ballot for the upcoming presidential election. At age 81, it was her first time voting. “I had been thinking ...

And it’s on Hemmings Auctions now! The LS swap has gotten a lot of grief in recent years, having become almost cliché among ...

Betty Davis, the pioneering US singer and musician who was dubbed the "Godmother of Funk", has died aged 77. Davis blazed a trail with her raw brand of funk and sexual lyrics that would go on to ...