Late 1960s onward
Environmental dispossessionBook sources
Black Mesa coal mining contested
Arizona; Navajo and Hopi communities
Residents challenged mining agreements and the effects of extraction on water, grazing and sacred lands. Zinn presents their objections as a continuation of struggles over who could authorize use of communal territory.
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Context / qualification
The transcript places Black Mesa in New Mexico; the relevant Black Mesa coal area is in Arizona.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H04 at 00:36:31 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H04 at 00:37:57 (approximate; supplied recording)