Foreword --Congresswoman Maxine Waters Preface--Peggy Morrow Shepard Acknowledgments Introduction--Robert D. Bullard PART I A LEGACY OF INJUSTICE Chapter 1 - Environmental Justice in the Twenty-first Century Robert D. Bullard Chapter 2 - Neighborhoods "Zoned" for Garbage Robert D. Bullard Chapter 3 - Women Warriors of Color on the Front Line Robert D. Bullard and Damu Smith PART II THE ASSAULT ON FENCE-LINE COMMUNITIES Chapter 4 - Living and Dying in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" Beverly Wright Chapter 5 - Environmental Inequity in Metropolitan Los Angeles Manuel Pastor Jr., James L. Sadd, and Rachel Morello-Frosch Chapter 6 - Toxic Racism on a New Jersey Waterfront Olga Pomar PART III LAND RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Chapter 7 - Anatomy of the Urban Parks Movement: Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability in Los Angeles Robert Garcia and Erica S. Flores Chapter 8 - Resource Wars against Native Peoples Al Gedicks Chapter 9 - Tierra y Vida: Chicano Environmental Justice Struggles in the Southwest Devon G. Pena PART IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE Chapter 10 - Environmental Reparations Robin Morris Collin and Robert Collin Chapter 11 - Vieques: The Land, the People, the Struggle, the Future Deborah Berman Santana Chapter 12 - Alienation and Militancy in the Niger Delta: Petroleum, Politics, and Democracy in Nigeria Oronto Douglas, Von Kemedi, Ike Okonta, and Michael Watts Chapter 13 - Environmental Racism and Neoliberal Disorder in South Africa David A. McDonald Chapter 14 - Addressing Global Poverty, Pollution, and Human Rights Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres Appendix A - Principles of Environmental Justice Appendix B - NGO Language on Environmental Racism Notes Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index