She Tricked A Wealthy White Man – And Hid The Truth For Decades
09/14/22 • 4 min
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"She leaned over the crackling fire and watched each piece of paper from her lifetime of secrets burn slowly. White supremacy had forced her hand – but no one, especially not her boss, could ever find out what she had done."
Today on 2-Minute Black History, we learn the story of Belle de Costa Greene
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"She leaned over the crackling fire and watched each piece of paper from her lifetime of secrets burn slowly. White supremacy had forced her hand – but no one, especially not her boss, could ever find out what she had done."
Today on 2-Minute Black History, we learn the story of Belle de Costa Greene
2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company - hit us up at BlackHistoryYear.com and share this with your people! PushBlack exists because we saw we had to take this into our own hands. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at https://BlackHistoryYear.com. Most people do 5 or 10 bucks a month, but everything makes a difference. Thanks for supporting the work.
Producing the podcast we have Cydney Smith and Sasha Kai Parker, who also edits the show. 2-Minute Black History's executive producer is Julian Walker.
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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