Connecting Environmental Racism/segregation in this political true crime saga. Hurricane Katrina, the August 29, 2005 Category 5 hurricane that slammed into New Orleans and the Gulf Coast devastated black American communities, including the historically black Lower Ninth Ward.
Learn about the key players involved: Mayor Ray Nagin, D-Governor Kathleen Blanco, and George W Bush, the at the time vacationing president of the United States.
Why did the levees break? How was the Lower Ninth Ward destroyed? How could a disaster like this happen?
Part 1 of a 2 part series. Books
The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson
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