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Remembering Activist Hazel M. Johnson, the “Mother of Environmental Justice,” on #EarthDay
Remembering Activist Hazel M. Johnson, the “Mother of Environmental Justice,” on #EarthDay
[Photo: Hazel M. Johnson via peopleforcommunityrecovery.org]
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
Today, GBN celebrates Hazel M. Johnson, the community activist who sought to clean up the “Toxic Doughnut” that encircled her community on the South Side of Chicago, and in the process became known as the “Mother of Environmental Justice.”
To read about Johnson, read on. To hear about her,…