“America happened!” The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Self

Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Levy’s Queenie: Godmother of Harlem tells the story of Stephanie St. Clair, “a racketeer and a bootlegger” who became infamous in Harlem during the 1930s. Born and raised on a plantation in Martinique, a French colony, St. Clair left the island in 1912 for the United States, and she made a name for herself, rising above the poverty and racism and she…