Catherine Coleman Flowers is one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2023. 'A child of 'bloody' Lowndes County, between Selma and Montgomery, she is at the center of the quest for racial justice in America,' writes Bryan Stevenson TIME100
he fertile soil of Alabama’s Black Belt has witnessed decades of human suffering—slavery, sharecropping, segregation, and poverty have thrived on these lands. But the region also gave birth to some of the most determined activists the nation has known. Catherine Coleman Flowers is heir to this legacy. A child of “bloody” Lowndes County, between Selma and Montgomery, she is at the center of the quest for environmental justice in America.
with a focus on underserved communities. She has compelled leaders to address a crisis aggravated by bigotry and poverty, all while keeping her feet firmly planted in the soil of her homeland.
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