On this #EarthDay, GBN celebrates Hazel M. Johnson, a working-class woman and mother of seven who became determined to combat environmental racism by exposing and dismantling the "Toxic Doughnut" of refineries, chemical companies and steel mills that encircled the Chicago housing project Altgeld Gardens. Because of Johnson’s grassroots activism, she is now known as the “Mother of Environmental Justice.”

To learn more about Johnson, visit the site of the organization Johnson founded, peopleforcommunityrecovery.org where you can also donate, check out the  ...