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Street tree plant-ins in New York City.

By Sonja Dümpelmann

BEDIT_Back-UrbanTrees_02_SD_LAM_Burchardt_What Are We Going To Do_1973_p14_1 — White characters in What Are We Going to Do, Michael? (1973) tell the story of African American activist Hattie Carthan’s fight to save a southern magnolia tree.

In the 1973 children’s story What Are We Going to Do, Michael? 10-year-old Michael, together with his neighbor Mrs. Jacobson, helps to save an 80-year-old southern magnolia tree that is threatened with being cut down to make way for an urban renewal project in their neighborhood. Continue reading Planting Civil Rights →

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