"We Birthed the Movement": Exhibit Showcases Historic Enviro

A new exhibit in the Keohane-Kenan Gallery highlights the community’s response to the N.C. Governor’s decision to construct a toxic landfill in predominantly Black Warren County in 1978. Through legal challenges and grassroots organizing, the residents pushed back, coming together across racial and generational lines to launch a protest in 1982 that sparked the national environmental justice movement.

Related Keywords

Warren County , North Carolina , United States , Duke University , University Of North Carolina , West Duke Building , Chapel Hill , Kay Jowers , Wanda Andrews Saunders , Stephen Fletcher , Jerome Friar , Jenny Labalme , Consherto Williams , Ben Chavis , We Birtheda Movement , Wilson Library , Nicholas Institute For Energy , Young , Kenan Institute For Ethics , Keohane Kenan Gallery , North Carolina Chapel Hill , Biff Hollingsworth , Just Environments , Kenan Institute , Nicholas Institute , Climate Commitment , Jim Hunt ,