Sally Greene

Sally Greene lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. She is a member of the North Carolina Historical Commission. Her essays have appeared in the Scholar, Journal of Modern Literature, Mosaic, The Southern Quarterly, and elsewhere. She is also the editor of The Edward Tales, a collection of works by Elizabeth Spencer.

Bending Toward Justice

Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth

By Sally Greene | Thursday July 16, 2026

Where I End and We Begin

A writer reimagines her life by blending it with others

By Sally Greene | Tuesday March 1, 2022

When History Rhymes

The Nikole Hannah-Jones controversy calls to mind an earlier racially motivated effort to stifle free speech at the University of North Carolina

By Sally Greene | Thursday July 8, 2021

The Birth of Black Power

Stokely Carmichael and the speech that changed the course of the civil rights movement

By Sally Greene | Monday April 26, 2021

Bending Toward Justice

By Sally Greene | Thursday July 16, 2026

Where I End and We Begin

By Sally Greene | Tuesday March 1, 2022

When History Rhymes

By Sally Greene | Thursday July 8, 2021

The Birth of Black Power

By Sally Greene | Monday April 26, 2021

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