Shirley Green is Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University. She is also the Director of the Toledo Police Museum. She earned a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Toledo, an M.A. from the University of Toledo, and a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University.

Green received the Graduate College Distinguished Dissertation Award from Bowling Green State University; and the Emerging Leader, Excellence Category from the African American Legacy Project of Northwest Ohio.

Before earning her M.A. and Ph.D. and subsequently becoming a Professor of History, Green followed in her father’s footsteps and was an officer in the Toledo Police Department, rising through the ranks from Patrol Officer to Sergeant, and then Lieutenant. She has been Director of the Toledo Police Museum since 2016.

Green wrote the story of her ancestors who fought in the American Revolution as Freeborn Men of Color. The book was published in 2023 - Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence. She has lectured widely on the subject of Revolutionary Blacks and Forgotten African American Patriots.