The book choice is. "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. It tells the story of J. P. Morgan's personal librarian, Bella da Costa Green, an extraordinary Black woman famous for her intellect, style and wit who was fored to hide her identity and shows the lengths she must go to - for the protection of her family and legacy - to preserve her white identity in a racist world.

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