Environmental Justice – Incidents
Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928
On September 16, 1928, the Okeechobee Hurricane or Hurricane San Felipe Segundo, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in...
Pinhook, Missouri (1927-2011)
The town of Pinhook, Missouri was founded in 1927, by a group of black sharecroppers from the surrounding area. The town, about...
The Mississippi River Great Flood of 1927
The Mississippi River “Great Flood of 1927” inundated large areas in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. However, it was in Mississippi...
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Hurricane Katrina began as a Category 1 hurricane in Florida, before striking the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. By...
Niger Delta Conflict, 1990s–
The Niger Delta Conflict began in the 1990s in regards to the ongoing conflict between the militia groups of Nigeria,...
Barack Obama’s Call to Service: One Woman Responds
In the following article University of Washington, Tacoma student Kayomi Wada describes how she and other Tacoma residents banded together...
