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Belle Marion Greener/Belle da Costa Greene

This character is a Black woman who lives as a white woman. She becomes the personal librarian for a wealthy industrialist.

John Pierpont Morgan

This character is a financial genius and an entrepreneur. He loves art and old manuscripts, and he establishes a library for his treasures.

Genevieve Greener/Genevieve Greene

This character is a Black woman who makes the decision for herself and her children to pass as white. This decision destroys her marriage to a civil rights activist.

Richard Greener

This character is the first Black man to graduate from Harvard. When his wife decided that she and their children should be white, they separated. He fought for Black rights his entire life.

John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (Jack)

This character inherits an important library when his father dies. He is a shrewd businessman and is married and has four children...

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