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.

Read the full article here.