Smithsonian Magazine6h
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 Observer11h
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 ...
International Monetary Fund20h
IMF Members' Quotas and Voting Power, and IMF Board of Governors
The Board of Governors, the highest decision-making body of the IMF, consists of one governor and one alternate governor for each member country. The governor is appointed by the member country and is ...