Kristen Green

About the Author

Kristen Green is an acclaimed journalist and author whose work delves into the enduring legacies of racial injustice in America. A former reporter for the Boston Globe and other major publications, she brings a meticulous investigative eye to her storytelling, blending personal family history with broader historical narratives. In her New York Times bestselling book, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle – A New York Times Bestselling Investigative Chronicle of School Closures and Segregation, Green uncovers the painful story of her own family's complicity in the massive resistance to school integration in 1950s Virginia, where public schools were shuttered for five years to avoid desegregation. Through rigorous research and introspective prose, she illuminates the human cost of segregation and the ongoing fight for educational equity, earning praise for her courageous and illuminating contribution to civil rights literature.