[PCA] WEBINAR: STEWART UDALL AND THE POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND RACE; May 20, 2021; 2pm EDT

Park, Margaret E margaret_park at fws.gov
Mon May 10 20:12:39 CDT 2021


Webinar date/time: Thursday, May 20, 2021; 2pm ET

What will you learn?
Udall led the way for most of the environmental legislation we now take for granted, including the Clean Air and Water and Wilderness Acts, Wild and Scenic Rivers and National Trails Acts, and the National Historical Preservation Act, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund. He also fought for pesticide reduction and mining reclamation, endangered species protection, gas mileage requirements, and rapid transit systems.
By no means was his work limited to the land. As Secretary and in his private life, Udall also worked for racial justice. He fought successfully to end Jim Crow era segregation at the University of Arizona and broke with the Mormon Church over its refusal to allow Blacks in the priesthood. As Secretary, he hired the first African American rangers in our national parks, forced the Washington Redskins (now the Washington Football Team) to integrate their team, championed self-determination for Native Americans, and fought for redress and compensation for Navajo uranium miners and other victims of the atomic age. Udall is pictured here with Lady Bird Johnson.

Presenter:
John de Graaf, Director of the upcoming PBS film Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty.

Details:
Register here<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ehz3punISh-SdPTEGeWIwA>

Webinar presented by Forest History Society<https://foresthistory.org/>
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