In Rural Alabama, a Hidden Sanitation Crisis
Lawless Planet20 Okt 2025

In Rural Alabama, a Hidden Sanitation Crisis

The daughter of civil rights activists, Catherine Coleman Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, one of the poorest parts of the Deep South. When she learned that some residents were being jailed for failing to install expensive sewage systems, it sent her on a quest to make proper sanitation a basic human right – a mission that would lead to a historic environmental justice lawsuit.



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Catherine Coleman Flowers


Dr. Rojelio Mejia

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