Black Mothers’ Fight in Love Canal Long Overlooked
A new report spotlights the Black women activists sidelined during the 1970s Love Canal toxic crisis. While white residents famously secured an evacuation, Black mothers in the “Expansion Area” had to wage a parallel fight for equal relocation and safety.
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- • Love Canal – A neighborhood in Niagara Falls, NY, built on a toxic chemical dumpsite, leading to a major environmental disaster in the 1970s.
- • Lois Gibbs – A white homemaker credited with bringing national attention to Love Canal, though Black activists also fought just as fiercely.
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