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Jenniemae & James : a memoir in black & white / Brooke Newman.

Jenniemae and James (other title)
Newman, Brooke. (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780307462992
  • Physical Description: 306 pages : illl. ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, [2010]

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Subject:
Harrington, Jenniemae.
Newman, Brooke > Family.
Newman, James R. (James Roy), 1907-1966.
African American women > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Friendship > United States > Case studies.
Mathematicians > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Men, White > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Women household employees > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Friendships.
United States > Race relations > Case studies.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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Jacksonville Main Library 978.3041 NEW (Text) 36015000663274 Adult Nonfiction Available -