Smithsonian Magazine11h
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 ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene ...
The Sacramento Observer16h
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 ...
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I find black-and-white photography freeing in a world of color-graded imagery
I love color grading, but its tumultuous nature means it’s 'in' one minute and 'out' the next. Black-and-white photography is ...
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.
Round and round they go: At the PRC, ‘A Simple Circle’ pays homage to the beginnings of popular photography
When it comes to the photographic image, rectilinearity is taken as a given — but it wasn’t for George Eastman, the founder ...
oprahdaily7h
A New Book Highlights Rarely-Seen Photos of Black Triumph, Artistry, and History
Excerpted from a new photography book, Picturing Black History, these unearthed archival images you will see Josephine Baker, ...
PBS3h
Green Book exhibit showcases history, struggles and triumphs of Black travel in the U.S.
The “Negro Motorist Green Book,” a guide for African Americans first published in 1936, was a valued resource at a time when travel held the promise of adventure but was also perilous. It is now the ...