Literary Legends 2018

Dr. Alice P. Green is well known for her accomplishments in the fields of education, social working and criminology–which she earned three master’s degrees in. She is also an active participant in the community. Not only is she an adjunct professor at the University of Albany, but she is also the founder and Executive Director of the civil rights organization: Center for Law and Justice, founder of the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region, and was even the Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1998 and Albany mayoral candidate in 2005. As for Green’s writing, she mainly focuses on racism and criminal justice issues, both topics rooted in her own activism for African Americans and prison reform. She co-authored two books with Frankie Y. Bailey: Law Never Here: A Social History of African American Responses to Issues of Crime and Justice (1999) and Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era (2009). Green was recognized for her accomplishments by multiple organizations including the NAACP, Rockefeller College, National Organization for Women, New York State Bar Association,  the University at Albany, the New York Defenders Association, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and many more.