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Lance County is a rural county in southern Alabama. It's about an hour south of Montgomery, which is a state capital.

It's a pretty sprawling, very rural place.

Really beautiful, you know, lots of forests and woods and really green.

Nina Lekani is a senior reporter for Guardian US, whose beat covers environmental justice.

It's a majority black county, about 80% of the population are African-American, and, you know, has a really high rate of poverty.

It's actually one of the poorest counties in the US.

Nina was in the Deep South investigating a story that has spanned generations.

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Hello, Mr. Perriman.

Yes, ma'am.

Nice, lovely to meet you.

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