November 19, 2014
Nelson Greene Sr. was named a Living Legend of Alexandria in 2010.University,.Raleigh, NC, in 1941 and from Renuard School of Mortuary Sciences, NYC, in 1949.
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Alexandria: ‘I Wanted A Better Life’
Civil Rights pioneer Nelson Greene Sr. dies at 100.
When Nelson Greene Sr. came to Alexandria in 1953, blacks were the target of racial discrimination, schools were segregated and a poll tax was required to vote.
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