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Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township


Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township
Leaders are pushing for a new pipeline, opposed by some, in what once was called the largest Black farming community in the Northern U.S.
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
April 23, 2021
Johari Cole-Kweli feeds her chickens on her farm, Iyabo Farms, in Pembroke Township, Illinois on April 21, 2021. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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