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Newman, Brooke.
Jenniemae & James :
a memoir in black & white /
Brooke Newman.
Jenniemae and James.
1st ed.
New York :
Harmony Books,
2010.
306 p. :
ports. ;
22 cm.
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.
Harrington, Jenniemae.
Newman, James Roy
1907-1966.
Newman, Brooke
Family.
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.
Washington (D.C)
Race relations
History
20th century.
United States
Race relations
Case studies.
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