About this episode

This episode celebrates the legacy of Dr. Lorenzo Greene, a pioneering historian in Black history from Connecticut.

Connecticut is a small state that has had a huge national impact. In this episode, we celebrate someone that we are proud to say was born in Connecticut and went on to be a pioneering historian in Black history. Dr. Lorenzo Johnston Greene received his BA in from Howard University in 1924, his MA from Columbia University in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1942. He was born in Ansonia, Connecticut. We can learn more about his family from the 1900 federal census record. His father Willie was born in 1858 in Virginia before the end of slavery, and his mother was born in West Virginia in 1870. Both came to Connecticut and by the time Lorenzo was born in 1899, he had five older brothers and sisters. The census states that both of his parents can read and write and their children are in school. By the time of the 1920 census, Lorenz has two older brothers who work in a brass mill. What made Lorenzo want to go to college and become a historian? When did he work with Dr. Carter Woodson, the "Father of Black History" and what were Greene's own lasting contributions to the study of Black history? Our guest is Dr. Stacey Close, Associate Vice Provost and Vice President of Equity and Diversity at…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Stacey Close

Topics covered

• Black history
• historical impact
• education
• activism
• Connecticut history
• pioneering historians

Keywords

• Lorenzo Greene
• Black history
• historian
• Connecticut
• education
• activism
• Dr. Stacey Close
• Carter Woodson
• Great Migration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Howard University, Columbia University, Wesleyan University Press

Places: Connecticut, Ansonia, Connecticut

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