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Start Over Main contributor Charlene Green, Amy-Sarah Marshall Date 2019 Unit OLE

1. Charlene Green Oral History (55:03)

Date:
2025-05-28
Main contributors:
Charlene Green, Amy-Sarah Marshall
Summary:
Charlene Green is a Black lesbian who came to Charlottesville in the late 1980s to attend the University of Virginia for graduate school. In her interview, she discusses her experiences coming out, especially as a Black woman at a women's college, and her experiences with the Black gay community in Charlottesville. Charlene has held a number of jobs in the Charlottesville area, including with Albemarle County Public Schools and the City of Charlottesville's Human Rights Commission, and she discusses her time in those roles.