How the seeds of environmental racism were planted in the Progressive Era

Grist
By Nick TaborFeb 24, 2023, 11:15 am104 pts
This story is adapted from the book AFRICATOWN, which was published this week by St. Martin’s Press. Four years ago, an announcement from the Alabama Gulf Coast shocked the world: The wreckage of the Clotilda, the last slave ship ever brought to the U.S., had been identified in the muddy depths of the…

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