We Still Hold These Truths: America at 250 - Robert Parkinson's Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence' and Annette Gordon-Reed's 'Jefferson on Race: A Reader' episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 1, 2026 · 49 MIN

We Still Hold These Truths: America at 250 - Robert Parkinson's Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence' and Annette Gordon-Reed's 'Jefferson on Race: A Reader'

from The Roundtable · host Joe Donahue

In 'Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence,' Robert Parkinson argues that the document’s often-overlooked list of grievances against King George III reveals what truly drove the Revolution and why independence became inevitable.Annette Gordon-Reed is a 'New York Times'–bestselling historian and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. Her books include 'The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,' which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and 'Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy.' Her latest is a volume she edited, 'Jefferson on Race: A Reader.'

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