Source: In These Times
by Adam Mahoney
“Two days after a series of tornadoes ripped through Chicago’s South Side, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, Naomi Davis and Suzanne Waddell met in the front yard of Emmett Till’s childhood home to assess the damage. Fencing had been blown down. Their organization, Blacks in Green, founded by Davis in 2007, owns the historic landmark. It will open as a playhouse, community farm and museum in 2025, honoring the life the 14-year-old deserved to have. Even in 92-degree heat, people stopped by to take photos, a regular occurrence that reminds Davis of the larger duty marginalized people in America ‘have to remind each other of our greatness.’ For Davis, Till’s life also exemplifies the environmental racism her group has worked to expose.” (08/27/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/justice40-biden-local-environmental-justice-funding