Julie Sze
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Julie Sze is an assistant professor in American studies at the University of California-Davis. Her forthcoming book on the environmental-justice movement in New York City will be published by MIT Press.
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Diamond Is Forever
Diamond chronicles how a small southern town made environmental history 1
Posted 4 years, 4 months agoWhen Margie Eugene-Richard won the Goldman Prize last year, it was a stunning public recognition of decades of struggle. Richard -- the first African-American to win the award, which some refer to as environmentalism's Nobel Prize -- had waged a 30-year campaign against Shell Chemicals with fellow residents of Diamond, La. Like the proverbial David, the African-American, working-class neighborhood took on a Goliath -- and won.