Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray say they are writing soulmates.
Greene’s father was also a trailblazer in his own right as the first Black graduate of Harvard and an advocate for equality.
“The first page was about JP Morgan,” said Murray about Benedict’s book proposal. “I wasn’t interested. But then the second page got to Belle and I was a little bit more interested. And then the hidden line was that no one knew she was African American the whole time she was working with JP Morgan. I was so in, I could not call my agent fast enough.”
“Here we were, a Black woman and a white woman, talking honestly in a way I had never talked to anyone who was white before about race,” Murray said. “And it was every single day. I was able to talk to Marie about the microaggressions that I suffered through every day and all of those things and see in real-time her shock at all of that and not knowing. As we were writing this book, we developed a deeper bond because we were able to have deep discussions about race.
Some of the sacrifices Greene made to hide her identity included not getting married, cutting off extended family and not having children of her own. Based on the research Benedict did on Greene, she said if she were to have any of these things, it would reveal her true identity.Miniature Portrait of Belle da Costa Greene in Egyptian costume by Laura Coombs Hills."It's not something that is accepted in the African American community," she said."A lot of people look down on it.
Benedict and Murray hope “The Personal Librarian” will bring book clubs together to have discussions about race. “They became friends before FDR became president and their friendship was the subject of much protest,” said Benedict, who explained how it was unheard of during the 1930s and ‘40s for a Black woman and white woman to be friends. But Roosevelt and Bethune came together to work on issues such as education and equal rights.
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