This collection contains selections from the Damu Smith Papers that document the efforts to combat environmental injustice in the D.C. area. The collection consists of materials created in the 1960s to early 2010s by activist Damu Smith and organizations that he was involved with or supported and is arranged chronologically. In the collection are legal papers and drafts of bills related to environmental issues; correspondence exchanged between grassroots movement leaders; various rally flyers for protests and conferences; and political satire cartoons. Of particular significance are the flyers and sign-up sheets from grassroots organizations, which are evidence of the vitality of the early environmental justice movement. Additionally, political satire cartoons created by the Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis (ECTC) give key information about the Committee and some D.C. residents’ perspectives of government illegal mapping and freeway planning.