01559cam a2200349 4500 517225748 TxAuBib 090717s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009029721 9780307462992 0307462994 (OCoLC)426793633 TxAuBib 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. TXHSP