Cheryll Greene

Cheryll Y. Greene (December 20, 1943 – December 19, 2013) was an American editor and scholar. Her work focused on history, culture, and social justice issues. She served as executive editor of Essence magazine and was involved in major projects about the life and times of Malcolm X.

Between 1979 and 1985, Greene used Essence, a fashion magazine, as a platform for publication of work about the African diaspora. While at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University between 2001 and 2004, she was managing editor of the Malcolm X Project, as well as managing editor of Souls, an African-American studies journal. At IRAAS, she collaborated with Manning Marable in developing and conducting oral history interviews with associates of Malcolm X. Greene was a curatorial and research consultant for the 2005 exhibition Malcolm X: A Search for Truth at The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.