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Title
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Oral History Interview with the Rev. Canon Joseph N. Green
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interviewee
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Joseph N. Green
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interviewer
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Woody Register
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Description
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Father Green entered the graduate summer program of the School of Theology of the University of the South to pursue a Masters of Sacred Theology in 1959 along with his cousin William O’Neal. They each received the degree in 1965, becoming the first African Americans to receive a degree of any kind from the University of the South.
Father Green also had a long and distinguished career in the Episcopal Church, most of his years serving Grace Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia. He also was a civil rights leader in tidewater Virginia and served in elected public office in Norfolk.
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Date of Interview
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September 10-11, 2018
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Subject
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Desegregation of School of Theology of the University of the South
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Type
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Oral History
