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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 “Louis Armstrong Park” (1 total)

Three people pose for a photo in a brick plaza, with a girl seated holding a purple backpack, a woman in a denim shirt, and a boy in a green "65" sweatshirt; people and tables are visible in the background near a stone building.

North East Black Arts Festival, in Congo Square in Louis Armstrong Park, 2004. The Lindsey…