Anniston, AL - a case study for environmental racism in the United States. If you've heard of the issues with Flint, Michigan today, the story of Anniston's fight against environmental racism will stun you. From the Civil Rights Era movement to the modern day fight against PCB contamination, the history of black American activism in Anniston, Alabama will open your eyes to the connections between overt racist violence like lynchings and Jim Crow to the slower violence of environmental issues.
While this episode touches on racism (especially environmental racism) there's also a celebration of black activism and an examination of what makes black activism (and white activism) for environmental justice successful.
Get the history of Monsanto, the Swann chemical company, Fort McClellan and the U.S. Army Depot in this Alabama city in this podcast episode and don't forget to find me on social media once you're done listening.
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Sources:
Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution & Justice in an All-American Town by Ellen Griffith Spears
A Terrible Thing To Waste by Harriet Washington
Monsanto Protest In Anniston, AL
Community Against Pollution
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Against_Pollution
Monsanto Poisoned Anniston (Harriet Washington)
Study of Anniston AL Activism
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/650803
PCB Contamination In Alabama Hearing
https://static.ewg.org/files/AnnistonSenateHearingTrans.pdf
Department of Justice Monsanto Settlement
https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2002/October/02_enrd_613.htm
Anniston Assessment Plan
https://www.fws.gov/daphne/Contaminants/Draft_Assessment_Plan_11-25-09.pdf
University of Alabama Professor details Anniston poisoning
https://news.ua.edu/2014/04/ua-professor-details-how-chemical-dumping-affects-anniston/
Details About Chloracne
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloracne
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