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us: Green, Ernest G. (Ernest Gideon), 1941-



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    • us: Green, Ernest Gideon, 1941-
    • us: Green, Ernest, 1941-
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    • found: Ernest G. Green portrait collection, 1977: verso of photographs (Ernest Green, Ernest G. Green)
    • found: WW among African Americans, 13th ed., 2000: p. 516 (Green, Ernest G.; b. Sept. 22, 1941, Little Rock, Ark.; investment banker; U.S. Labor Dept. assistant secretary of labor 1977)
    • found: Smith, J.C. Black firsts, 1994: p. 110 (Ernest Gideon Green; one of the "Little Rock Nine" 1957; first black graduate from Central High School, Little Rock, Ark. 1958)
    • found: The Ernest Green story, c1992: title frame (Ernest Green)
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2009 (Ernest Green; Ernest Gideon Green (b. Sept. 22, 1941) was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.; was the subject of the 1993 TV movie The Ernest Green Story)
    • found: The HistoryMakers website, Apr. 11, 2013 (Ernest Green; Ernest G. Green was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 22, 1941; one of the first black students to integrate at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, following the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate in 1954. Green is the oldest of the "Little Rock Nine," a group of high school students who entered Central High School on the morning of September 25, 1957, with an escort of paratroopers; graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in 1962 and an M.A. in 1964; directed the A. Phillip Randolph Education Fund from 1968 to 1976; between 1977 and 1981, he served as assistant secretary in the Labor Department under President Jimmy Carter; since 1981, has worked in the private sector for consulting firms. He was a partner for Green and Herman from 1981 to 1985, owned E. Green and Associates from 1985 to 1986, and has been with Lehman Brothers since 1985. Profession: Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader) {http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/ernest-green-39}
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