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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.

Refrigerator graffiti protesting police brutality, Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, December…

A discarded refrigerator spray-painted with "N.O.P.D. BEAT ME DOWN" stands on a New Orleans sidewalk, with a passing car and historic houses along Esplanade Avenue in the background.

Collection

Katrina

Refrigerator graffiti protesting police brutality, Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Refrigerator graffiti protesting police brutality, Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, December…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2593.