Chicago just named a street for an environmental justice hero.

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By Aura BogadoSep 15, 2016, 2:09 pm133 ptsTrending
After her husband died from lung cancer in 1969, Hazel M. Johnson started a fight against all the things making her neighbors and loved ones sick. She founded the organization People for Community Recovery, and later met a young organizer named Barack Obama. The two worked together to remove asbestos from…

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