Seattle Channel Video

Growing up Black in South Seattle, Marcus Harrison Green has seen both the sharp rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the murk of police brutality in tandem. Green discusses his collection of essays, titled "Readying to Rise," with Michele Matassa Flores is executive editor of The Seattle Times. Marcus Harrison Green is a Seattle native, columnist for The Seattle Times, and founder of the South Seattle Emerald, which focuses on telling the stories of South Seattle and its residents.