Justice in Chester
During the 1990s, residents in Chester, Pennsylvania, a predominantly poor African-American community, organized a movement to stop the ongoing permitting of waste treatment facilities in their city. The decades-long history of increasing pollution, grievances and the grassroots struggle to halt the city's clustering of commercial and hazardous waste facilities is chronicled in this documentary.
Episodes
-
Justice in Chester
26m 46s
During the 1990s, residents in Chester, Pennsylvania, a predominantly poor African-American community, organized a movement to stop the ongoing permitting of waste treatment facilities in their city. The decades-long history of increasing pollution, grievances and the grassroots struggle to halt the city's clustering of commercial and hazardous waste facilities is chronicled in this documentary.
WETA Passport
Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.
Similar Shows
![Moyers & Company: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2022/03/09/3085-24aO27GNPSFJyyJEIhhw.jpg?itok=9r5QBUFl)
Moyers & Company
News and Public Affairs
![Trauma Healers: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/18/240984-rSH0CHV-show-poster2x3-s5GitSC.jpg?itok=z2l-SUNV)
Trauma Healers
News and Public Affairs
![Dismantling Democracy: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/16/285731-sm5kOWd-show-poster2x3-aWc0k8I.jpg?itok=Px051Hl5)
Dismantling Democracy
News and Public Affairs
![The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/17/243902-n9Pssyn-show-poster2x3-rQkK66s.jpg?itok=5Bus13vu)
The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes
News and Public Affairs
![Point Taken: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2021/07/29/3850-OcRlrwxeEMUH7RJhWbVh8Q.jpg?itok=HIfZ35p8)
Point Taken
News and Public Affairs
![Power Over Parkinson's 2: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/18/267646-Zsu97Ej-show-poster2x3-lb1DAjC.png?itok=VV5cp59x)
Power Over Parkinson's 2
News and Public Affairs
![In Principle: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/17/2451-IfRL9bt-show-poster2x3-RdywocE.jpg?itok=jl_YSl8k)
In Principle
News and Public Affairs
![WORLD Channel: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/03/19/3285-JHuMZ9nS2a4dYrVMI3dvkw.jpg?itok=QYB3p4Fv)
WORLD Channel
News and Public Affairs
![Repairing the World: Stories From the Tree of Life: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/17/279622-R1r41Ow-show-poster2x3-z0Dpnn8.jpg?itok=Ct03kHhA)
Repairing the World: Stories From the Tree of Life
News and Public Affairs
![Citizen Better: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/17/289890-SdqlszS-show-poster2x3-VIUiIEm.jpg?itok=njiMeBoe)
Citizen Better
News and Public Affairs