Coming soon…
The Black Cryptologists: How a segregated unit of Black cryptologists in the NSA broke Soviet codes and helped America win the Cold War
from HarperCollins 2024
Photo credit: Teeny Harris, 1957 Carnegie Museum of Art
“A masterful explication on the nature
of self and identity.”
- NPR Review
A coming of age story.
Valentine grew up believing she was white like the rest of her family, but at 27, she discovered her family’s secret.
“So that was the agreement—not to ask questions, to avoid and deflect the queries of friends, acquaintances, and strangers. If I openly identified as African American, I was the one being dishonest.”
from When I Was White
