Hazel Johnson, the mother of environmental justice, was Catholic
By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
February 26, 2021
She was a community activist.
She was an ambassador of Altgeld Gardens.
She was an early mentor to Barack Obama.
She was a “thorn in the side” of the Chicago waste industry.
She was a wife and mother of seven children.
She is the mother of the environmental justice movement.