Mrs. Kirkland's REAL LIFE Nephew: Harvard Grad's Daughter Passed As White & Slept w/ Married Men скачать в хорошем качестве

Mrs. Kirkland's REAL LIFE Nephew: Harvard Grad's Daughter Passed As White & Slept w/ Married Men

HBO's The Gilded Age just revealed the SHOCKING truth about Mrs. Kirkland's Harvard nephew - and the real story is even more scandalous than the show! In Season 3 Episode 3 "Love Is Never Easy," Mrs. Kirkland casually mentions her nephew being the first Black man to graduate from Harvard. What she doesn't reveal is the devastating family tragedy that followed - and it's all connected to the colorism that the Blue Vein Society made famous. THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE GILDED AGE'S HARVARD REFERENCE: The man Mrs. Kirkland referenced was Richard Theodore Greener, Harvard's first Black graduate in 1870. But his incredible achievements couldn't protect his family from the same light-skin privilege and colorism that I exposed in my viral Blue Vein Society video. Greener's wife Genevieve and their children were light enough to pass for white - and when he left for a diplomatic mission to Russia, they seized their chance. They changed their name from Greener to Greene, completely cut ties with their Black heritage, and vanished into white society. BUT HERE'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY SCANDALOUS: Greener's daughter Belle da Costa Greene became J.P. Morgan's personal librarian - one of the most powerful positions a woman could hold in the 1900s. But her success came with a shocking price: THE ULTIMATE COLORISM TRAGEDY: This is the devastating legacy of the Blue Vein Society's ideology - Richard Greener broke barriers as Harvard's first Black graduate, only to have his own daughter become so invested in whiteness that she erased him from her life. She was literally sleeping with the white elite who would have destroyed her father if they knew the truth. The Gilded Age got this story RIGHT - Mrs. Kirkland's colorist attitudes weren't just dramatic fiction. They represent the very forces that tore apart one of America's most accomplished Black families. To see the video about Madam CJ Walker's daughter that I mentioned at the end of this video, click here:    • Madam CJ Walker's Daughter Who Blew Throug...   To see more Gilded Age stories, enjoy this playlist:    • The Gilded Age - The Real Life People & Th...   Ready to take your channel to the next level? I work with creators one-on-one to accelerate their growth. Email me at ti@HotMessHistory.com and let's set up a discovery call to see if we're a good fit! If you can use some help figuring out YouTube, check out my new channel:    / @verifiedyoutubeguide