The Personal Librarian
The true story of Belle da Costa Greene, who became J.P. Morgan's personal librarian while hiding her Black identity.
“Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tell a remarkable true story of talent, deception, and the impossible choices imposed by Jim Crow America.”
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tell a remarkable true story of talent, deception, and the impossible choices imposed by Jim Crow America.
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