Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Items (3 total)

Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans\r\n 12/28/2007 \r\n\r\n\r\nby Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nIn a remarkable symbol of the injustices of…

Locked Outside the…

HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nDecember 10, 2007 \r\n\r\nOn the 12th day before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…

HUD Sends New…

$Smokey was the drummer in Fats Domino\'s band for 28 years and will soon be the owner of a Habitat house in the Musicians\' Village.$

Smokey

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Items (3 total)

Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans\r\n 12/28/2007 \r\n\r\n\r\nby Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nIn a remarkable symbol of the injustices of…

HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nDecember 10, 2007 \r\n\r\nOn the 12th day before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…