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New York professor wins National Book Award

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 New York Law School Professor Annette Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award for her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. She is the first African American woman to win the award.

The book chronicles the three-generation history of a slave family working for Thomas Jefferson. Gordon-Reed admitted to having a fascination with Jefferson, and argued that it was important to examine the black people who were influential in his life.

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