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Hurricane Archive

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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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.

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Robin Hood in Reverse: The Corporate Looting of the Gulf Coast\r\nby Bill Quigley | November 14, 2006 - 3:14pm\r\n\r\nRobin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. On the Gulf Coast, the reverse is happening.…

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Bernice Mosely is 82 and lives alone in New Orleans in a shotgun double. On August 29, 2005, as Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the levees constructed by the US Corps of Engineers failed in five places and New Orleans filled…

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Angels on The Levees\r\nBy Ginni Spencer\r\n \r\n I arrived in New Orleans fifteen months post-Katrina. I was part of a team of fourteen organized through the social ministry arm of my church. Among other things, we…

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Rebuild around Colleges\r\nBy Dr. Andre Perry, Contributing Columnist
 December 12, 2005 \r\nFormer Presidents Bush and Clinton came to the University of New Orleans campus on Wednesday, December 7, to announce how…

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