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.

Welcome To John Edwards\' Two Americas

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

William Rehnquist passed away peacefully\r\nSurrounded by his children at home\r\nAs neglected seniors died in wheelchairs\r\nIn the hell of New Orleans\' Superdome\r\n\r\nAs this time of horrific upheaval\r\nSweeps all across our wounded nation\r\nI mourn poor blacks, not this white guy who\r\nOpposed Brown v. Board of Education

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poetry

Citation

“Welcome To John Edwards\' Two Americas,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed September 20, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26191.

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