Famous People
This person is considered the father of the environmental justice movement
Dr. Robert Bullard
This place is considered the foundation of the environmental justice movement where a famous civil rights activist made their final speech.
Memphis, TN
This is the location of the first environmental justice center called the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice founded by Dr. Beverly Wright
This person is considered the mother of the environmental justice movement.
Hazel Johnson
This is the place where the 17 Principles of Environmental Justice were created.
Washington, DC
These principles were created in the early 1990's the focus on ways to organize in the environmental justice movement.
The Jemez Principles
This person was the first to lead the EPA's Environmental Justice Office.
Mustafa Santiago Ali
This is the place where protests and accompanying legal challenges are considered by many to be the first major milestone in the national movement for environmental justice.
Warren County, North Carolina
This term/phrase was coined by Dr. Ben Chavis in the 1980's.
Environmental Racism