The Black Woman, Passing as White, Who Built the Morgan Library.
“We tried!” That was Belle da Costa Greene’s answer when asked whether she had been J.P. Morgan’s mistress. Head thrown back. Eyes bright. Not a flicker of embarrassment. In a city where a woman’s worth was measured entirely by her respectability, Belle looked the question in the eye and laughed. She was extraordinary. And she […]
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