BlackPast.org now has an environmental justice page that brings together all of the entries on this website related to environmental justice broadly defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. This page was created with the support of Vulcan Inc., the project and investment management company created by Jody Allen and the late Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft.
The page has seven sections: Activists (U.S.), Activists (Global), Organizations, Incidents, Places, Environmental Studies at HBCUs and the Ten Most Polluted Black Communities in the United States.
Click on the sections that appear below to see the entries in those areas. If there are entries related to African Americans or people of African ancestry around the world that should be on this page, please send your ideas to this address: [email protected].
- Will Allen
- Robert Doyle Bullard
- Virgil Spencer Clarkson
- Eustace Augustus Dixon II
- Angelou Ezeilo
- Evan B. Forde
- John Francis
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright
- Richard Pierce [Ritchie] Havens
- James Lloyd Jackson
- Lisa Perez Jackson
- Benjamin Jealous
- Ayana E. Johnson
- Van Jones
- June Jordan
- C. Payne Lucas
- Norris McDonald
- Edward L. Miles
- Ben Chavis Muhammad
- Alexis Nikole Nelson
- Leah Penniman
- Muriel E. Poston
- Yalonda Sinde
- Damu Smith
- Dorceta E. Taylor
- Constance Marie Tucker
- Harriet Washington
- Karen Washington
- Warren M. Washington
- Freweyni Asress (Ethiopia)
- Allan Glaisyer (Great Britain)
- Calestous Juma (Kenya)
- Wangari Muta Maathai (Kenya)
- Luis Gilberto Murillo (Colombia)
- Vanessa Nakate (Uganda)
- Kenule Beeson “Ken” Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria)
- Jean-Leonard Touadi (Italy)
- Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (Colombia)
Ranking HBCUs Offering Environmental Ph.Ds, 2020
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Morgan State University
- Jackson State University
- Texas Southern University
Ranking HBCUs Offering Environmental Bachelor’s Degrees, 2020
- Hampton University
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- North Carolina Central University
- Spelman College
- Delaware State University
- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
- Tuskegee University
- Claflin University
- Florida Memorial University
- Texas Southern University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Central State University
- Bethune Cookman University
- University of the District of Columbia
- Savannah State University
- Huston Tillotson University
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- Mississippi Valley State University
- Lincoln University (Missouri)
- Benedict College
Ten Most Polluted Black Communities in the United States
- 1) Cancer Alley, Louisiana (1987- )
- 2) Pahokee, Florida (1909- )
- 3) Cheraw, South Carolina (1820- )
- 4) Uniontown, Alabama (1818- )
- 5) The Bronx, New York (1898- )
- 6) Flint, Michigan (1819- )
- 7) Houston, Texas (1837- )
- 8) Los Angeles, California (1781- )
- 9) Warren County, North Carolina (1779- )
- 10) Detroit, Michigan (1701- )
