James Green

James Robert Green (November 4, 1944 – June 23, 2016) was an American historian. He was the Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was also a well-known author and labor activist.

Green's research focuses on radical political and social movements in the U.S. (including new social movements), as well as the history of labor unions in the United States. Green writes social and political history from "the bottom up." He writes from a leftist theoretical standpoint.

Green died in Boston on June 23, 2016, of complications from leukemia. He was 71.

References

Other websites
Bryant Spann Memorial Prize, Eugene V. Debs Foundation 
The Fight in the Fields 
H. Bailey Carroll Award, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Texas Historical Association 
Labor and Working Class History Association
Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Labor Resource Center, College of Public and Community Service, UMass-Boston 
Radical America archives, Digital Collections, Brown University Library
Radical America Web site 
Records of the Massachusetts History Workshop, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College 
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation 
The Hillman Foundation
Grove Atlantic Press

Category:1944 births
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Category:Deaths from leukemia
Category:American historians
Category:Educators from Illinois
Category:American activists
Category:Writers from Oak Park, Illinois