Our Next Speaker

Kristen Green, New York Times bestselling author

Kristen Green is a New York Times bestselling author and Richmond resident. Kristen will talk about her new book The Devil’s Half Acre, the inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail (in Richmond, VA) and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs. Her 2015 book, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County, is about a protest during the school desegregation crisis in Prince Edward County, Virginia, led by student Barbara Johns. The county's response eventually led to the closing of all public schools, white and black. Her book not only describes an historical event, but also shows that the fears and exaggerations that allowed segregation to take place are still very alive in today's United States.