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7 overlooked ways Martin Luther King Jr. influenced environmental justice

by Tara Yarlagadda
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Environmental justice is a grassroots movement focused on the disproportionate affect environmental issues — like pollution — have on marginalized people, including communities of color.

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Here are 7 ways that Dr. King's legacy made the environment a social justice issue.
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