He was a fascinating figure. His daughter, who went by Belle da Costa Greene, worked as J.P. Morgan’s librarian. She passed for white and was a very powerful woman in the international art and literary world. Her life is depicted in a historical fiction novel, The Personal Librarian, published in 2021.
He was a fascinating figure. His daughter, who went by Belle da Costa Greene, worked as J.P. Morgan’s librarian. She passed for white and was a very powerful woman in the international art and literary world. Her life is depicted in a historical fiction novel, The Personal Librarian, published in 2021.
WOW! I was unaware of that. Thank you so much for reaching out to share.
I can see why Du Bois, who was himself the first Black to earn a Doctoral degree from Harvard, may have been inspired by Greener's success.