The Conversation U.S. on Nostr: Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th century, ...

Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th century, became one of the most powerful figures in the rare book world, leaving historians to grapple with questions of identity and self-invention. https://theconversation.com/the-black-librarian-who-rewrote-the-rules-of-power-gender-and-passing-as-white-246469 nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3vyftx2wglj740zpshq9rzv5gaa3djhkqw74ecry4mk7n3vt8htqj6wmxm (nprofile…wmxm) #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth