Dr. Robert L. Green: Working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

About this episode

Dr. Robert L. Green shares his experiences working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.

What was it like to work alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement? In this powerful Edutainment Learning interview, students hear firsthand from Dr. Robert L. Green — renowned educator, scholar, and civil rights leader whose work helped shape the modern fight for educational equity in America. As a close advisor and confidant to Dr. King, Dr. Green played a pivotal role in advancing desegregation, expanding access to quality education, and advocating for justice through research, policy, and leadership. His career spans decades of service as a professor, university administrator, and president of the Southern Education Foundation — one of the nation’s oldest organizations dedicated to educational opportunity. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student worksheets for every episode!

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Krauss

Guest: Dr. Robert L. Green

Topics covered

• Civil Rights Movement
• educational equity
• desegregation
• advocacy
• leadership
• interview

Keywords

• Civil Rights
• educational equity
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• advocacy
• desegregation
• interview
• Dr. Robert L. Green

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Education Foundation

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