When the university was closed in June 1877 by Wade Hampton III and the newly elected Democratic regime, Greener moved to Washington, D.C., where he took a position as a clerk in the United States Treasury Department and as a professor in the Howard Law School.
Greener moved to Washington, D.C.. He took a position as a clerk in the United States Treasury Department and as a professor in the Howard Law School. The university was closed in June 1877 by Wade Hampton III. The university was closed in June 1877 by the newly elected Democratic regime.