Interview with Christopher Rashad Green
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Interviewees
Green, Christopher
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2026.
Interviewer
Edwards, Ana
Producer
Unverzagt Goddard, Maggie
Description
In this interview, Green sat with Professor Ana Edwards of Virginia Commonwealth University to discuss his background and experiences as a member of the (Family Representative Council) FRC. He reveals how he first learned about the East Marshall Street Well. Green then chronicles how he joined the FRC and his recollection of retrieving the Well remains from the Smithsonian in 2019. He further details the FRC's search for a location to properly bury the remains along with the challenges faced by the FRC. He concludes by discussing how he envisioned memorialization and the project's success.
Biographical Note
Ana Edwards is a public historian and community activist. Currently, she is a teaching professor in VCU's Department of African American Studies. Most of her work centers on preserving the history and public spaces associated with Gabriel and the African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom.
Christopher Rashad Green is a member of the East Marshall Street Well Project’s Family Representative Council (FRC). He is also a community organizer in the Richmond area who specializes in political activism and health equity advocacy. Green has worked with a number of community organizations in and around the city including New Virginia Majority, the Richmond Food Justice Alliance, and Crossover Ministries. He is the founder of Free*Dome Unlimited, Inc. which provides advocacy and education related to community health and criminal justice reform. Green has also served as lead organizer at the Legal Aid Justice Center of Petersburg, Virginia since 2021.
Note
This interview description and biographical information was written by Michael Dickinson.
Corporate Name Subject
Hampden-Sydney College. Medical Department--Corrupt practices; Virginia Commonwealth University--Corrupt practices
Topical Subject
Reparations for historical injustices; Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation; African American cemeteries--Desecration; Body snatching; History--Virginia--Richmond; Medical colleges--Corrupt practices; Universities and colleges--Corrupt practices; Racism in medicine; Racism against Black people; Public history; Community organization
Place of Interview
Virginia Commonwealth University, The Workshop
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Christopher Rashad Green. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
East Marshall Street Well Oral History Project
Contributors
Virginia Commonwealth University
Source
"Interview with Christopher Rashad Green," East Marshall Street Well Oral History Project, M 573, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
emswoh_greenchristopherrashad_interview.mp3
Disciplines
African American Studies | Digital Humanities | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oral History | Social History | United States History