Kristen Green

Kristen Green is an American author and journalist.

Not to be confused with Kirsten Green.
Kristen Green
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard Kennedy School of Government
Occupationjournalist

Life

She grew up in Farmville, Virginia.[1] She graduated from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She worked for the Richmond Times Dispatch, and the San Diego Union-Tribune.[2] Her work appears in The Atlantic,[3] and NPR.[4]

Work

Her 2015 book, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County, is about a protest in Prince Edward County, led by student Barbara Johns, which eventually led to the county closing all public schools, white or black.[5] Her book not only describes a historical event, but also shows that the fears and exaggerations that allowed segregation to take place are still very alive in today's United States.[6] The Washington Post named it on its list of "notable nonfiction" for 2015.[7]

Publications
  • Kristen Green (9 June 2015). Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-226869-3.[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Award-winning journalist Kristen Green debuted her new book, 'Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County' - WTVR.com". WTVR.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "Kristen Green". Fall for the Book. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  3. Kristen Green. "Kristen Green". The Atlantic. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. "As A White Mom, Helping My Multiracial Kids Feel At Home In Their Skin". NPR.org. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. Martin, Jonathan (27 July 2015). "Kristen Green's 'Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County'". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  6. Scutts, Joanna (9 June 2015). "Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County Review – A Family's Complicity in Segregation". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. Somerset, A.J. (18 November 2015). "Notable Nonfiction of 2015". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  8. Thomas J. Sugruejune (June 30, 2015). "'Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County,' by Kristen Green". The New York Times. Kristen Green, who graduated from the Prince Edward Academy about three decades after it opened, returned to her hometown in 2006 to research the county's controversial past. She blends history and memoir in a gripping narrative that revolves around her discovery that "Papa," her beloved grandfather and a well-regarded local dentist, was a segregationist who played a key role in the decision to shut the public schools.
  9. Joanna Scutts (9 June 2015). "Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County review – a family's complicity in segregation". The Guardian. But Green's journey shows that relegating blame to a misguided older generation would be wrong. In fact, the narratives of scarcity, competition, and fear that justified segregation – the conviction that your kid's thriving could only come at the expense of another kid's failure – haven't disappeared.
  10. "'Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County' by Kristen Green: EW review | EW.com". www.ew.com. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
External video
Panel Discussion on Race in America, C-SPAN, October 10, 2015
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