Originally published on July 7, 2021 7:23 pm
Joy Banner, 42, stands at the edge of her hometown of Wallace, La., looking over a field of sugar cane, the crop that her enslaved ancestors cut from dawn to dusk, that is now the planned site of a major industrial complex. Across the grassy river levee, the swift waters of the Mississippi bear cargo toward distant ports, as the river has done for generations. This property is where the proposed grain elevator site would be set up right next to us, she says. As you can see, we would be living in the middle of this facility.
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