Jenniemae & James, a memoir in black & white, Brooke Newman
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Jenniemae & James, a memoir in black & white, Brooke Newman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
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portraits
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Jenniemae & James
Oclc number
426793633
Responsibility statement
Brooke Newman
Sub title
a memoir in black & white
Summary
Recreating the early Civil Rights era, Newman's memoir is a pitch-perfect account of the improbable friendship that developed between mathematician James Newman, friend of Albert Einstein and father of two, and his employee Jenniemae--an illiterate, numbers-savvy maid whom James recruited to take care of his affluent Washington, D.C., home
resource.variantTitle
Jenniemae and James
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Creator
Subject
- Harrington, Jenniemae
- Newman, Brooke -- Family
- Newman, James Roy, 1907-1966
- United States -- Race relations -- Case studies
- Men, White -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Women household employees -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Friendship -- Case studies
- African American women -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Harrington, Jenniemae
- Newman, Brooke -- Family
- Newman, James Roy, 1907-1966
- United States -- Race relations -- Case studies
- Men, White -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Mathematicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Women household employees -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- Friendship -- Case studies
- African American women -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
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