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Warren County’s 1982 fight that sparked environmental justice

Summary by Hip-hopvibe.com
How a rural Black community turned a toxic dump fight into a national blueprint for confronting environmental racism. When North Carolina selected a toxic waste landfill site in the rural community of Afton in Warren County, officials insisted it was a technical choice. To residents, it was unmistakably political. The county was one of the poorest in the state and had the highest percentage of Black residents. It was precisely the kind of place …
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hip-hopvibe.com broke the news on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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