Doris Bradshaw honored as mother of local environmental justice movement
Marquita Bradshaw speaks to the Memphis City Council, who posthumously honors her mother, Doris Bradshaw, during a June 27, 2023 meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
For a time, Doris Bradshaw walked miles around the neighborhood nearly every day, telling her neighbors about the toxins at the Defense Depot — arsenic, lead, mercury and a host of other chemicals — that seeped into their soil and water. Within the first year, Doris had organized a group of about 1,500 people.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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