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Image of Thomas Jefferson alongside Black descendant holds 'a mirror' to America

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Shannon LaNier, a TV host in Houston, is pictured in a photo in Smithsonian Magazine alongside his direct ancestor, Thomas Jefferson. Shannon LaNier, a ninth-generation descendant of Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, wore the same sort of outfit as his famous ancestor for a Smithsonian Magazine article, "American Descendants."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ima…

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