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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
30 Books by Black Authors That Belong on Your Bookshelf
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward In the summer of 1987, Diamond Newberry is the only Black person in the small town of Swift River since her father vanished seven years ago. Her mother wants to ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians. She stood out for other ...