Smithsonian Magazine10h
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 ...
Make Britain confident again: manifesto for a woman of firsts
Kemi Badenoch has the toughest job in British politics. She is the leader of the British Conservative party and therefore of His Majesty’s Opposition. This week Donald Trump, apparently the progenitor ...
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 ...
Baltimore Times19h
Mary Elizabeth Bowser The Black Spy Who Infiltrated the Home of a Confederate Leader
Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) notes that the theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the ...
The Sacramento Observer15h
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...
The New Yorker13h
“The White Lotus” Overstays Its Welcome
In the third season of Mike White’s HBO satire of the rich and terrible, a now familiar formula yields diminishing returns.
Telegram15h
In 'Dreaming in Ensemble,' WPI professor explores how Black artists helped transform opera
WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." ...
Hazel Scott, a trailblazing entertainer and activist, was silenced. A PBS doc brings her to light
"The Disappearance of Miss Scott" reacquaints viewers with a jazz virtuoso who was the first Black person to have a TV show ...