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The United States, 1898. Racial segregation and the persecution of Blacks are at their height, and a law has just been passed requiring all those of mixed heritage to be considered Black. In response, Mrs. Greene decides that she and her five children will become Whites. The most determined of the children is Belle, who, claiming Portuguese ancestry to account for her dark skin, calls herself Belle da Costa Greene.
As such, she secures a job as a librarian at prestigious Princeton University before obtaining the highly sought-after position of Manager at the Morgan Library. Now very much in the public eye, Belle mingles with leading art dealers and collectors. But her secret is becoming increasingly difficult to keep when her father—a well-known Black activist who left home when she was young—reappears and threatens to reveal to the world her true origins….
