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Legal experts say a recent decision in a lawsuit over federal efforts to investigate environmental racism in Louisiana could stall civil rights investigations across the country.
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The week’s ‘Little Voices, Big Ideas’ explores how ‘Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box’ can shine a light on a turbulent period of American history–and on the promise of one voice, one vote, through the discussion of this book.
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A draft agreement obtained by The Associated Press shows that Louisiana health officials were open to stronger rules, including looking at how new industrial plants would harm Black residents.
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Documents show staff spent months negotiating an agreement that would have fundamentally changed Louisiana's air pollution permitting program.
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Federal officials will open investigations into complaints of racial discrimination against two of Louisiana’s agencies over the handling of air pollution and permits in St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes.
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This week, Susan Larson talks with Matthew Van Meter, author of “Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil…
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Chakula cha Jua became aware of the Black Liberation Movement, as many other Black Southerners did, while he was serving in the military. From there, he…
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As part of their civil rights oral history project, The Historic New Orleans Collection is documenting the 1960 desegregation of New Orleans schools. Pam…
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Katrena Jackson Ndang came of age at a time when the phrase "the personal is political" was reaching new heights. While she was enrolled at Southern…
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The Historic New Orleans Collection has put together a wealth of oral histories from the civil rights movement as part of their NOLA Resistance Project.…