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Jenniemae & James : a memoir in black & white / Brooke Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Brooke.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harrington, Jenniemae.
- Newman, James R. (James Roy), 1907-1966.
- Newman, James R.
- Newman, Brooke--Family.
- Newman, Brooke.
- Friendship.
- Women household employees.
- Mathematicians.
- African American women.
- Men, White.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Families.
- Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Men, White--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- African American women--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Mathematicians--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Women household employees--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Friendship--United States--Case studies.
- United States--Race relations--Case studies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Jenniemae and James
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harmony Books, [2010]
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780307462992
- 0307462994
- OCLC:
- 426793633
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