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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.

Items tagged “Chill the Barber” (1 total)

Men gather under a blue pop-up tent beside a Shell gas station, with a hand-lettered sign reading "CHILL THE BARBER" posted on a nearby utility pole, as one man cuts another's hair.

In the weeks after Katrina, ordinary events like getting a haircut were difficult because…