From sewage-filled yards to the White House, Flowers's fight for sanitation rights proves that safe infrastructure is ...

BORN IN A CAR in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1958, carrying DNA from France, Nigeria, Nova Scotia and Thailand, Catherine Coleman Flowers entered the world at the swell of the civil rights movement.

Today, a new champion has emerged from the hallowed ground of Lowndes County: Catherine Coleman Flowers. At 66, Flowers presents a gentle demeanor that belies her formidable influence as an ...