QUESTION: altgeld gardens and environmental injustice

question / pregunta: 

i am doing a research project on altgeld gardens, the community that was established near chicago for returning african american solders (from WWII, i believe). it is also, i'm told, one of the worst environmental justice cases in the united states (with a large proportion of chicago's waste going there). unfortunately, i've reached a dead end in my research. do you know of any links/articles that reference the history of altgeld gardens or current community activism in this area?

Answers

Hi, here's a history that was written in 1993: http://worldcat.org/oclc/28952945&tab=holdings?loc=poughkeepsie%2C+ny#tabs

If you shoot me an e-mail so I'll have your address (using a form now), I'll be happy to help you out with some article citations from one of our databases.