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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 “Second Line” (4 total)

A black-and-white portrait of a man on a sign staked into the ground beside a folding chair and a round table with two red cups, set against a white wooden wall.

At Second Line for Hart McNee. Photo by Eugenia Uhl

A man in a white captain's hat plays trombone in a street parade, with a brass band, onlookers, and a yellow balconied house in the background.

Second Line for musician Hart McNee. Summer 2009 Photo by Eugenia Uhl

I visited New Orleans the Thanksgiving right after Katrina, and I think that is what…

A white hearse drives down a city street following a crowd of mourners in a second line parade, with downtown high-rise buildings in the background.

May 12, 2007 - New Orleans, LA. Central Business District. The hearse carrying the body of…