Historian Alison Rose Jefferson on the generations-long fight for belonging at one Southern California beach
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson on the generations-long fight for belonging at one Southern California beach
By The Trust for Public Land
April 7, 2021

This Earth Day we’re highlighting people who are speaking up and fighting for equitable access to the outdoors—something that historian Alison Rose Jefferson knows a lot about. Her research, writing, and activism have focused on the ways Black people have fought against generations of discrimination and exclusion for their rights to use public spaces and connect with the natural world. 

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