Vera Mae Green

Vera Mae Green (1928 - 1982) was an anthropologist, educator, and scholar, who made major contributions in the fields of Caribbean studies, interethnic studies, black family studies and the study of poverty and the poor. She was the first African-American Caribbeanist and the first to focus on Dutch Caribbean culture". She developed a "methodology for the study of African American Anthropology" that acknowledged the diversity among and within black families, communities and cultures. Her other areas of research included Mestizos in Mexico and communities in India and Israel. "Committed to the betterment of the human condition", Green also focused her efforts towards international human rights.