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The complicated history of environmental racism

The complicated history of environmental racism

Red Water Pond Road

Red Water Pond Road

community uranium tailings spill commemoration 2018.

Credit: Myrriah Gómez

In October 2017,

In October 2017,

protesters gathered at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History when the museum installed the replica of the tower from which the Gadget bomb was dropped at the Trinity site

Credit: Myrriah Gómez

The complicated history of environmental racism

By Victoria Peña-Parr August 04, 2020

Categories: Front Page Honors College

Tags: Racism: An Educational Series Environmental Racism

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