ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn "They called our community the path of least resistance." • 15 min read Black community in Memphis fights back against oil pipeline Fears of water pollution and environmental racism threatens construction of the Byhalia Connection.ABC News Photo Illustration, JDawnInk, J_art, Steve Jones Photography/Southern Environmental Law Center When her father died, Linda Hayes said his last request to her was to take care of the vegetable garden he grew for his community at his home in Boxtown, Tennessee. "Two weeks before he passed away, he told me, he said, 'I'm ready to go be with Jesus, I’m ready to go home. I want you and your sisters to take care of the garden.'" Hayes told ABC News. "I said, 'OK, Daddy, all right,' and I know that was my charge."