# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vera-green
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:02.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vera-green"
name: "Vera Green"
slug: "vera-green"
description: "Vera Mae Green was an American anthropologist, educator, and scholar, who made major contributions in the fields of Caribbean studies, interethnic studies, black family studies and the study of poverty and the poor. She was one of the first African-American Caribbeanists and the first to focus on Dutch Caribbean culture. She developed a \"methodology for the study of African American Anthropology\" that acknowledged the diversity among and within black families, communities and cultures. Her other areas of research included mestizos in Mexico and communities in India and Israel. \"[C]ommitted to the betterment of the human condition\", Green also focused her efforts toward international human rights."
tagline: "American anthropologist and academic"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1928-09-06"
deathDate: "1982-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump