![]() ![]() ![]() Morgan’s personal librarian and one of the most influential librarians in America.ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: Discover the origin story of Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray’s co-authorship.īelle’s unlikely rise to fame forms the heart of this engrossing, dramatic novel, and co-authors Marie Benedict (who is white) and Victoria Christopher Murray (who is Black) do an admirable job of trying to imagine whether her achievements were worth the sacrifices. Belle da Costa Greene grows up to become J.P. ![]() Richard eventually leaves his wife and children, who change their surname to “Greene,” and his daughter Belle adds “da Costa” to her name, claiming Portuguese ancestors as a way to explain her complexion and still pass for white. Despite the fact that Richard is a civil rights activist and Harvard University’s first Black graduate, his wife claimed their family was white on the 1905 New York state census. Greener tells his wife in The Personal Librarian. “Your act goes against everything I stand for and everything I’ve worked for,” Richard T. ![]()
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