Facing the Past, Shaping the Future with Annette Gordon-Reed
Join us on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. for a conversation with acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, moderated by reporter and anchor Gary Burton Jr. She is best known for her work at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and for exploring hidden American stories. A Thomas Jefferson scholar, Gordon-Reed, will talk extensively about her work and how it applies to the world today.
From legal and racial issues to extensive research on Thomas Jefferson and his life, Gordon-Reed’s groundbreaking work in bringing lesser-known American stories to light has been essential to pulling the curtain back on hidden American history.
This program is held in conjunction with our current temporary exhibit, Making Amends, which explores America’s progress toward a “more perfect union” through the history of all 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
ATTEND: Click here to attend the program in person at the Clinton Center. The program will be available on the Clinton Center’s YouTube channel the following day.
ASL interpretation is available during our events.
This program is a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum.
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More about the speakers
Gary Burton Jr. is a proud Little Rock native who attended Arkansas Tech University and Maumelle High School. He joined the KARK 4 and Fox 16 News team in January of 2022 as the weekend anchor and weekday reporter. Gary started his professional News career reporting for WJTV 12 News in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2019.
He’s a proud brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.Gary is passionate about bringing light to people through news and always wants to tell their story.
Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. Gordon-Reed won 16 book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (2008). She is the author of six books, and editor of two. She was the Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford (Queen’s College) 2014-2015, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow at Queen’s in 2021. Gordon-Reed served as the 2018-2019 President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and is currently president of the Organization of American Historians. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, and the National Humanities Medal. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the British Academy.