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 ...
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Honoring Black History: Iris Williams, Visual Artist
Iris Williams is a visual artist. Whether she’s painting, creating digitally or using another medium, it’s healing for her.
New Orleans fine art gallery designed for Black people to ‘see themselves’
The Stella Jones Gallery’s start was rather organic as a mother wanting to give her children images that represented them.
Target’s, Amazon’s, and Walmart’s DEI programs attracted Black Mass. businesses. Then came Trump’s executive orders.
Though these big-name retailers haven’t removed these products from their shelves, growing calls for boycotts have some small ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
‘Long time coming’: Jacksonville unveils marker for local civil rights figure Johnnie Mae Chappell
Children of a civil rights figure murdered in Jacksonville watched on Friday morning as the city unveiled a marker honoring ...
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 ...