Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white ...
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 ...
Approaching the Enugu home of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, former czar of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who died on 24 October 2024 at the age of 83 and who presided over the 12 June 1993 ...