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Literary Landmark
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray (2021)
225 Madison Ave, Murray Hill
Belle da Costa Greene not only became a pathbreaking scholar as J.P. Morgan's personal librarian, she joined the elite of Manhattan society - all as a Black woman passing as 'Portuguese,' i.e., white. This book caused a sensation chronicling her remarkable life at the Morgan Library.
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