Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-251) and index.

Introduction / Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai -- Toxic waste and race in the United States / Charles Lee -- Can the environmental movement attract and maintain the support of minorities? / Dorceta Taylor -- Environmental voting record of the congressional Black caucus / Henry Vance Davis -- Toward a model of "environmental discrimination" / Michel Gelobter -- Environmental blackmail in minority communities / Robert Bullard -- Invitation to poison? Detroit minorities and toxic fish consumption from the Detroit River / Patrick C. West -- Minority anglers and toxic fish consumption: evidence from a statewide survey of Michigan / Patrick C. West ... {et al.} -- Effects of occupational injury, illness, and disease on the health status of Black Americans: a review / Beverly Hendrix Wright -- Hazardous waste incineration and minority communities / Harvey L. White -- Environmentalism and civil rights in Sumter County, Alabama / Conner Bailey and Charles E. Faupel. (cont) Uranium production and its effects on Navajo communities along the Rio Puerco in Western New Mexico / Wm. Paul Robinson -- Environmental racism: reviewing the evidence / Paul Mohai and Bunyan Bryant -- Pesticide exposure of farm workers and the International Connection / Ivette Perfecto -- Dumping of toxic waste in African countries: a case of poverty and racism / Mutombo Mpanya -- Summary / Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai.