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Hazel M. Johnson
1935–2011
United States
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Biography
Hazel M. Johnson (née Washington; January 25, 1935 – January 12, 2011) was an American environmental activist on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. After she spoke at the first National People of Color Environmental Leadership, she was considered to be the mother of environmental justice.
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