The protagonist rooms in the same boarding house as Jasmine Griffith and initially works as a maid for the white actress Arline Strange.  
The protagonist of this work is encouraged to read by Campbell Kitchen, the wife of an actress who employs her as a maid, Clere Sloane.  The protagonist rooms in the same boarding house as Jasmine Griffith and initially works as a maid for the white actress Arline Strange.  Studying at USC, the protagonist hopes to find a more racially accepting society after being indoctrinated in ideas of mulatto superiority by her grandmother Maria Lightfoot.  In Harlem, her prejudices are challenged by her abusive lover, the hustler Alva, and this novel begins at the high school graduation of the protagonist, Emma Lou Morgan.  Written by the author of Infants of the Spring and subtitled "A Novel of Negro Life", FTP, name this novel written by Wallace Thurman.
The protagonist of this work is encouraged to read by Campbell Kitchen, the wife of an actress who employs her as a maid, Clere Sloane.  
The Blacker the Berry