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Hurricane Katrina: A Decade of Recovery and Rebuilding
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Hurricane Katrina: A Decade of Recovery and Rebuilding

Marc H. Morial NNPA ColumnistSeptember 3, 2015

“So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality. When the streets are rebuilt, there should be many new businesses, including minority-owned businesses, along those streets. When the houses are rebuilt, more families should own, not rent, those houses.” – President George W. Bush, National Address from New Orleans, September 15, 2005. Ten years ago last week, Hurricane Katrina slammed its Category 3, 125 mph fury into the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. A decade later, much of my beloved hometown of New Orleans continues to bear the scars

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Blacks ‘Left Behind’ in New Orleans Recovery

Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington CorrespondentSeptember 3, 2015

As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, advocacy groups challenged the narrative of a resilient and better New Orleans by launching KatrinaTruth.org, a website that shows that post-Katrina progress in New Orleans still hasn’t reached poor Black communities. Judith Browne Dianis, the co-director of the Advancement Project, a multiracial civil rights group, said that, 10 years ago, the Advancement Project was on the ground in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, working with communities to protect the rights of survivors. “Ten years later, the city of New Orleans