Episode 17: RIP - Justice for a Historically Black Cemetery

On the 17th episode of “The Activist Files,” Communications Associate Josh Manson talks with Janice Dickerson and her attorney, Christopher Meeks, about the struggle to protect a historically Black cemetery in Louisiana. Purchased in 1881 by Janice’s great-great-great grandfather and other former slaves, Revilletown Cemetery in Plaquemine, LA, has long been the final resting place for former slaves and their descendants. But the chemical company Westlake/Axiall Chemical claims it is the right...