Alice Green Journey To Freedom

Alice Green grew up as one of a few Black residents in the Adirondack town of Witherbee. As a teen she applied for a summer job at a resort, but when she learned she would be housed in inferior quarters, separate from the white employees, she quit that job. This launched her lifelong fight against racial discrimination. Alice has organized to combat racism in prisons, police abuse of Black citizens, and
discrimination in education, housing, and political representation. As the head of Albany’s Center for Law and Justice, she is a tireless campaigner for racial justice.

The Journey to Freedom project has recorded the stories of women and men from the Capital Region of New York who participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Many traveled to the segregated Deep South. Others were active in their home communities. All worked to advance social justice. Their stories highlight the powerful impact that regular folks can have in effecting change, and the importance of documenting the histories of everyday heroes.

Siena College professor Dr. Paul Murray and co-producer educator Donald Hyman worked with videographers Kirk Daniels and Zebulon Schmidt to record and make publicly available the histories of 15 activists. Attendees of this webinar will learn the history of this project, its development process, and ways they can undertake similar projects in their home communities.

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