William Bradshaw Greene Jr. (November 15, 1930 – December 2, 2002) was an American politician.

He served as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate, representing South Central Los Angeles, Watts, Bell, Compton, Cudahy, Huntington Park and South Gate for twenty-five years.

[1] During the Civil Rights Movement, he demonstrated alongside Julian Bond, Stokley Carmichael and James Farmer, and he was jailed in Mississippi and Louisiana for his activism.

[1] In the senate, he represented "South-Central Los Angeles, Watts, Bell, Compton, Cudahy, Huntington Park and South Gate".

[2] However, in 1989-1991, he "missed more than 50% of Senate votes" due to poor health, which led to his retirement.