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Historic Black community fights military project on Coast land fouled by arsenic, lead<\/a><\/h2>\n

Sun Herald, February 8, 2021<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sort of a never-ending struggle. I\u2019ve told my clients as long as the city has this land zoned industrial, they\u2019re going to be at risk. There\u2019s a chance this project can be defeated, but another project will be coming along. There\u2019s nothing to stop the next permit application.\u201d — attorney Desiree Hensley<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Black Community Wants to Fight Road Plan. Can Biden Help?<\/a>
\nSun Herald, February 6, 2021<\/h2>\n

\u201cThat road is going to destroy quite a bit of valuable wetlands,\u201d said Kathy Egland, who lives in Gulfport and co-founded of the Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Work begins on restoration of Turkey Creek landmark<\/a>
\nWLOX, May 1, 2020<\/h2>\n

“This is a special place. It has lots of history involved with the property, and the owner Derrick Evans purchased it after Hurricane Katrina to preserve that history,” said Judy Steckler, executive director of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gulfport loses an environmental justice champion who was nationally recognized<\/a>
\nSun Herald, APRIL 20, 2020<\/h2>\n

\u201cChampion of environmental justice Rose Fairley Johnson of North Gulfport has passed away.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018A glorious past and a glorious future:\u2019 Turkey Creek community works to restore historic school building<\/a>
\nJune 15, 2019<\/h2>\n

\u201cFor over a hundred years, this is where all the schools that served the African American communities in Harrison County were built, here on Grandma Benton\u2019s land … she bought it out of slavery,\u201d said Derrick Evans<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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