Posts Tagged ‘Hurricane Katrina’
The Day the Waters Came
Please join us for “The Day the Waters Came,” which will be performed at ABHM. This small-cast drama is about how a New Orleans’s 9th Ward teenager’s life is impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Read MoreUrban Gardeners are laying down roots for Black ‘food sovereignty’ in New Orleans
Urban gardening could help reduce food insecurities faced by poor communities of color like those in New Orleans.
Read More10 Years After Katrina
Ten years later, it is not exactly right to say that New Orleans is back. The city did not return, not as it was. The city that exists now, a decade later, is a work in progress, an improvisation that is establishing a new normal.
Read MoreEx-New Orleans cops get prison time in Danziger Bridge shootings
From CNN The Wire A federal judge Wednesday sentenced five former New Orleans police officers to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for the shootings of unarmed civilians in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The shootings occurred on the Danziger Bridge on September 4, 2005, six days after much of New Orleans…
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