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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills The Morgan Library & Museum, New York / Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene “Just because I am a librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy …