Eminent Domain Disproportionately Impact Black Land Owners

Where: Memphis TN

The project utilizing eminent domain: A pipeline

Data supporting a disproportionate impact to Black land owners:

  • Black landowners are 75% more likely to live near a polluting facility based on a 2017 report by the NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force

MLK 50 | Eminent domain lets pipeline developers take land, pay little, say Black property owners