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February 22, 2016

NYC: Protesters Show Solidarity with Flint, Honor Malcolm X
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In New York City, nearly 100 people gathered in Harlem to mark the 51st
anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination and to demand justice for
residents of Flint, Michigan, over the lead poisoning of the city's
drinking water. Peggy Shepard with the Harlem-based group WE ACT spoke
about the connections between the water crisis in Flint, which is a
predominantly African-American city, and high levels of pollution in
other African-American communities such as Harlem.

Peggy Shepard: "We are here to stand in solidarity with Flint, because
this is a gross example of environmental racism. We started here in
Harlem because of the inordinate amount of pollution in this community
that's been making people sick. And we work within the national
environmental justice movement to right these wrongs, because millions
of people in this country, predominantly people of color, do not have
clean water, clean air and safe schools."

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