What is James Green?
{{Infobox person |name = James Green |image = James Green.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = James Robert Green |birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|11|4}} |birth_place = [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|6|23|1944|11|4}} |death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States |body_discovered = |death_cause = [[Leukemia]] |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = Academic work in the field of [[organized labor]] |education = [[Ph.D.]] |alma_mater = [[Northwestern University]], [[Yale University]] |employer = [[University of Massachusetts Boston]] |occupation = Historian |years_active = 1968-2016 |home_town = |title = Professor of History Emeritus |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = {{marriage|Janet Grogan |1988}} |partner = |children = 1 son |parents = |relations = |callsign = |signature = |website = http://www.jamesgreenworks.com/ |footnotes = }} '''James Robert Green''' (November 4, 1944 &ndash; June 23, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] historian. He was the Professor of History Emeritus at the [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]. He was also a well-known author and labor activist.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=2016-06-28|title=James Green, Author and Human Rights Activist, Dies at 71|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/business/james-green-author-and-human-rights-activist-dies-at-71.html|access-date=2025-03-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Green's research focuses on radical political and [[social movement]]s in the U.S. (including [[new social movement]]s), as well as the history of [[labo