Ernest Green's Page

My General Profile and Major Accomplishments

Myself and eight other students desegregated Central High School in 1957. I was the only senior and I was the first to graduate in 1958.  

Education

I attended Dunbar Junior High School and graduated after ninth grade.

Then I went to Horace Mann High School, a high school for African-Americans.

Senior Year I went to Central High School.

After Graduating I attended Michigan State University, earning a BA in social science in 1962 and an MA in sociology in 1964.

Profession

I was the director for the A. Philip Randolph Education Fund from 1968 to 1977.

Then I became Assistant Secretary of Labor during the Jimmy Carter administration from 1977 to 1981.

In 1987 I joined Lehman Brothers, an investment banking firm in Washington DC, where where I am currently a Senior Managing Director.

Organizations and Memberships

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.

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Signature Quote

“They used to call Arkansas 'the land of opportunity,' and black people said, 'Opportunity for whom? Today, we can say 'opportunity for all,' and Arkansas can be proud of this moment.” 

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“It’s been an interesting year. I’ve had a course in human relations first hand.”

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My goal

In 1957 my goal was to graduate from Central High School so I could prove that African Americans were equally intelligent was Whites. No one clapped when I walked across the stage, but I was proud that I had accomplished my goal despite the challenges I had faced that year.

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