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Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Indiana University

The importance of shining a light on hidden toxic histories

Activists in Newark, N.J., offer tours that teach visitors about the city's legacy of industrial pollution and environmental racism. Charles Rotkin/Corbis via Getty Images

Indianapolis proudly claims Elvis’ last concert, Robert Kennedy’s speech in response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and the Indianapolis 500. There’s a 9/11 memorial, a Medal of Honor Memorial and a statue of former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.

What few locals know, let alone tourists, is that the city also houses one of the largest dry cleaning Superfund sites in the U.S.

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