One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)
Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU
drrobertbullard.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Many of Elba, AL Shiloh residents like my great grandfather and grandmother 10 years out of Slavery were able to acquire 240 acres of land. Sale of timber paid for our college. Alabama DOT highway flooding is stealing residents' inheritance. Time for Just Compensation for Shiloh. @BullardCenter
January 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Many of Elba, AL Shiloh residents like my great grandfather and grandmother 10 years out of Slavery were able to acquire 240 acres of land. Sale of timber paid for our college. Alabama DOT highway flooding is stealing residents' inheritance. Time for Just Compensation for Shiloh. @BullardCenter
I've written 18 books over 4+ decades working on #environmentaljustice. It's just one book, but don't tell anybody. The books cover science, research, data and facts. However, none of that is not enough for transformative change. We must marry all of that with sustained ACTION. @BullardCenter
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I've written 18 books over 4+ decades working on #environmentaljustice. It's just one book, but don't tell anybody. The books cover science, research, data and facts. However, none of that is not enough for transformative change. We must marry all of that with sustained ACTION. @BullardCenter
#BlackHistoryMonth: DYK I started my work on #environmentaljustice in 1979, before it had a name and funding, when Jimmy Carter was president. This work has been carried out under 9 presidents--Democrats and Republicans. The right to breathe clean air has no party affiliation. @BullardCenter
February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: DYK I started my work on #environmentaljustice in 1979, before it had a name and funding, when Jimmy Carter was president. This work has been carried out under 9 presidents--Democrats and Republicans. The right to breathe clean air has no party affiliation. @BullardCenter
#EARTHDAY: Happy to report the @BullardCenter has secured a law firm to represent residents
in Elba's #Shiloh community whose homes and property have been #flooded and damaged by a highway built by Alabama DOT. I keep my promise!
in Elba's #Shiloh community whose homes and property have been #flooded and damaged by a highway built by Alabama DOT. I keep my promise!
Environmental justice leader Robert Bullard calls out Sierra Club president Ben Jealous for breaking a promise to support a Black Alabama community facing flood damage from a highway project. #ShilohFlood
E&E News: Environmental justice pioneer chides Sierra Club president
Robert Bullard said Ben Jealous failed to uphold a promise to help a Black community in Alabama address flooding caused by a highway project.
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April 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s #infrastructure money - @POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/01... @BullardCenter @DrBobBullard #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #BIL #IRA #JUSTICE40
Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s infrastructure money
One of Trump's executive orders could imperil billions in funding for projects that states have already begun working on, some experts said.
www.politico.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s #infrastructure money - @POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/01... @BullardCenter @DrBobBullard #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #BIL #IRA #JUSTICE40
#BlackHistoryMonth: Savi Horne, Executive Director of the Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP), discusses the organization's history and efforts to help NC Black farmers.
youtu.be/ApxNctBJpeU?... @Land_Loss @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
youtu.be/ApxNctBJpeU?... @Land_Loss @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
Savi Horne on the Land Loss Prevention Project
YouTube video by Farm Aid
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February 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: Savi Horne, Executive Director of the Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP), discusses the organization's history and efforts to help NC Black farmers.
youtu.be/ApxNctBJpeU?... @Land_Loss @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
youtu.be/ApxNctBJpeU?... @Land_Loss @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
#BlackHistoryMonth: The racist history of America's interstate highway boom - Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/homeless-hou... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
The racist history of America's interstate highway boom
Construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System tore through the nation’s urban areas with freeways that, through intention and indifference, carved up Black communities
www.latimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth: The racist history of America's interstate highway boom - Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/homeless-hou... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
#EnvironmentalJustice was NOT birthed in government or government programs. It sprang from people striving to make America more just for everyone. I'm hopeful and I have faith. But, "faith without work is dead." | Scientific American subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene.... @BullardCenter
E&E News: Trump scraps Clinton EJ order, calling it ‘discrimination’
The president revoked a 1994 directive requiring agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#EnvironmentalJustice was NOT birthed in government or government programs. It sprang from people striving to make America more just for everyone. I'm hopeful and I have faith. But, "faith without work is dead." | Scientific American subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene.... @BullardCenter
#BlackHistoryMonth: It's important we keep doing EJ research and present facts. FYI, the Draft EIS for the 1989 LA uranium enrichment plant reported no people nearby. The site sat between historically Black Forest Grove & Center Springs, founded in 1865 & 1910. @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss
February 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: It's important we keep doing EJ research and present facts. FYI, the Draft EIS for the 1989 LA uranium enrichment plant reported no people nearby. The site sat between historically Black Forest Grove & Center Springs, founded in 1865 & 1910. @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss
#BlackHistoryMonth: Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap. This gap is rooted in past redlining which systematically limited wealth building home ownership opportunities for Black families. www.brookings.edu/articles/bla.... @BrookingsInst @BullardCenter #JusticeforShiloh
Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap
www.brookings.edu
February 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap. This gap is rooted in past redlining which systematically limited wealth building home ownership opportunities for Black families. www.brookings.edu/articles/bla.... @BrookingsInst @BullardCenter #JusticeforShiloh
#BlackHistoryMonth: #ICYMI: The Father of Environmental Justice reflects on the movement he helped to start. Four decades into his activism looks back on his legacy and the work ahead. Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-fa... @BullardCenter #HBCU
The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Movement He Helped to Start
Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the work ahead.
www.scientificamerican.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth: #ICYMI: The Father of Environmental Justice reflects on the movement he helped to start. Four decades into his activism looks back on his legacy and the work ahead. Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-fa... @BullardCenter #HBCU
Today, we honor those who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Their legacy lives on. #MemorialDay #RememberAndHonor #BullardCenter
May 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today, we honor those who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Their legacy lives on. #MemorialDay #RememberAndHonor #BullardCenter
#EARTHDAY: The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice uses science, research, data, and facts in our work. Having the science, research data and facts is not enough to achieve transformative and lasting change. We must marry them to action. That's our EJ Movement. @Bullardcenter
April 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#EARTHDAY: The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice uses science, research, data, and facts in our work. Having the science, research data and facts is not enough to achieve transformative and lasting change. We must marry them to action. That's our EJ Movement. @Bullardcenter
The Bullardcenter at Texas Southern #BlackHistoryMonth theme is BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH in Elba, AL. Black homeownership is key to middle class & wealth creation. Help stem Black land loss and get
#JustCompensationforShiloh homeowners.
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
#JustCompensationforShiloh homeowners.
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Bullardcenter at Texas Southern #BlackHistoryMonth theme is BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH in Elba, AL. Black homeownership is key to middle class & wealth creation. Help stem Black land loss and get
#JustCompensationforShiloh homeowners.
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
#JustCompensationforShiloh homeowners.
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Just because #EPA put Environmental Justice staff on leave will not stop our EJ Movement's quest for all Americans to breathe clear air and not have our kids poisoned by chemical plants next to schools. EPA did not birth EJ. thehill.com/newsletters/... @thehill @BullardCenter
Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPAThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 1…
thehill.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: Just because #EPA put Environmental Justice staff on leave will not stop our EJ Movement's quest for all Americans to breathe clear air and not have our kids poisoned by chemical plants next to schools. EPA did not birth EJ. thehill.com/newsletters/... @thehill @BullardCenter
#BlackHistoryMonth: "White Men's Roads through Black Men's Homes": Advancing Racial Equity" by Deborah N. Archer scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol73/is... @VandLRev @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
"White Men's Roads through Black Men's Homes": Advancing Racial Equity through Highway Reconstruction
Racial and economic segregation in urban communities is often understood as a natural consequence of poor choices by individuals. In reality, racially and economically segregated cities are the result...
scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu
February 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth: "White Men's Roads through Black Men's Homes": Advancing Racial Equity" by Deborah N. Archer scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol73/is... @VandLRev @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
#BlackHistoryMonth: Join our justice campaign to stop #BlackLandLoss in my hometown of Elba, AL. Help get #JustCompensation for #Shiloh homeowners flooded by an Alabama DOT highway. #FHWA is requiring #ALDOT to fix road, but not damaged homes. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth: Join our justice campaign to stop #BlackLandLoss in my hometown of Elba, AL. Help get #JustCompensation for #Shiloh homeowners flooded by an Alabama DOT highway. #FHWA is requiring #ALDOT to fix road, but not damaged homes. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter
#BlackHistoryMonth. Join our campaign to get #JustCompensation for Black Shiloh community residents whose homes have been damaged by flooding from a flawed highway built by Alabama DOT. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter #JusticeforShiloh
#ALDOT #BlackLandLoss #takings
#ALDOT #BlackLandLoss #takings
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth. Join our campaign to get #JustCompensation for Black Shiloh community residents whose homes have been damaged by flooding from a flawed highway built by Alabama DOT. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter #JusticeforShiloh
#ALDOT #BlackLandLoss #takings
#ALDOT #BlackLandLoss #takings
#BlackHistoryMonth: Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion - Union of Concerned Scientists blog.ucsusa.org/archie-creec... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #JusticeforShiloh
Heirs' Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion
Systemic racism rooted in Jim Crow era policies has cost Black farmers an estimated $326 billion in land lost because it was inherited without a legal will or title.
blog.ucsusa.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth: Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion - Union of Concerned Scientists blog.ucsusa.org/archie-creec... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #JusticeforShiloh
#BlackHistoryMonth:
Gaining Ground - The Fight for Black Land Documentary gaininggroundthefilm.com @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh #Alabama
Gaining Ground - The Fight for Black Land Documentary gaininggroundthefilm.com @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh #Alabama
Gaining Ground - The Fight for Black Land Documentary
From Executive Producer Al Roker, Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land examines the causes, effects, and solutions to this issue.
gaininggroundthefilm.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth:
Gaining Ground - The Fight for Black Land Documentary gaininggroundthefilm.com @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh #Alabama
Gaining Ground - The Fight for Black Land Documentary gaininggroundthefilm.com @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh #Alabama
#BlackHistoryMonth. Pete Buttigieg failed to hold Alabama DOT accountable for flooding Black homeowners in the Shiloh community. Join our campaign to get them #JustCompensation and stop Black Land Loss. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter
#JusticeforShiloh
#takings
#JusticeforShiloh
#takings
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth. Pete Buttigieg failed to hold Alabama DOT accountable for flooding Black homeowners in the Shiloh community. Join our campaign to get them #JustCompensation and stop Black Land Loss. www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... @BullardCenter
#JusticeforShiloh
#takings
#JusticeforShiloh
#takings
#BlackHistoryMonth: How black land became white sand: The racial erosion of the U.S. coasts | Grist grist.org/living/how-a... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
How black land became white sand: The racial erosion of the U.S. coasts
In 1910, African Americans owned over 15 million acres in the former slave-holding states, much of it along the coasts. Few of them reaped the bounty as those lands were transformed into beach towns a...
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February 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: How black land became white sand: The racial erosion of the U.S. coasts | Grist grist.org/living/how-a... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShiloh
BlackHistoryMonth: BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH. The @BullardCenter Texas Southern is All In for getting #JusticeforShiloh Black community whose homes were #flooded and damaged by a highway built by Alabama DOT. Time to pay up! www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... #takings
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BlackHistoryMonth: BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH. The @BullardCenter Texas Southern is All In for getting #JusticeforShiloh Black community whose homes were #flooded and damaged by a highway built by Alabama DOT. Time to pay up! www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l... #takings
#BlackHistoryMonth: The Fifth Amendment's #JustCompensation Clause requires the Alabama DOT to pay #Shiloh property owners when it #flooded their homes and took their property for public use in US 84 Highway expansion. It did not pay!
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
@BullardCenter #takings
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
@BullardCenter #takings
BLACK LAND LOSS: JUST COMPENSATION FOR SHILOH
The Bullard Center theme for Black History Month this year is Black Land Loss: Just Compensation for Shiloh.
www.bullardcenter.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth: The Fifth Amendment's #JustCompensation Clause requires the Alabama DOT to pay #Shiloh property owners when it #flooded their homes and took their property for public use in US 84 Highway expansion. It did not pay!
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
@BullardCenter #takings
www.bullardcenter.org/blog/black-l...
@BullardCenter #takings