Dr. Robert Bullard was December 21, 1946, He was born in Elba Alabama. After attending and graduating from high school he attended Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, here he got his Bachelors in History and Government and a minor in sociology. He then furthered his education at Clark Atlanta University here he obtained his Masters in sociology. To wrap up his education he got his Ph.D. at Iowa State where his main focus was Urban Planning.
In 1979 Linda Mckeever who would later become his wife asked him to collect data on the Bean v. Southwestern Waste Corporation lawsuit. This lawsuit shot off Dr. Bullard's career due to it he decided to go deeper in the environmental science field.
Eventually Bullard went on to teach at various university's, his alma mater Clark Atlanta university included, the position he had at Clark helped him further pursue his career in environmental justice.
Some major accomplishments that he has are; key to helping President Clinton in the signing of Executive order 12898, another accomplishment is due to all the time he spent in the field of environmental justice he picked up the name "The Father of Environmental Justice"
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