Shirley Green-Reese is a civil rights activist, professor, and a researcher who rose to prominence as one of the 1963 Leesburg Stockade Girls.
[6] Green-Reese's studied at Savannah State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education.
She further studied at Georgia State University, obtaining a Master's degree in administration of health, Physical Education, and Recreation.
In the summer of 1963, at the age of 13, she participated in a civil rights protest organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She and other protesters were held in several nearby jails and holding facilities, before she and 13 other girls were secretly transported to the Leesburg Stockade.