Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 2) | Let Me Eat Cake: George W Bush, Kathleen Blanco, Michael Brown, Mayor Nagin Fail Black Americans In New Orleans, Louisiana
Oops, I did it again. I played with your heart. And there will be one more episode in this series. This is the second part of a 3 part series.
Today's episode will be following the immediate aftermath of New Orleans. I'm talking about the levees breaking, the Lower Ninth Ward, the 17th Street Canal breach, the Superdome and where the federal government was for the days after the storm in New Orleans.
I'll talk more about FEMA and its director, Michael Brown, Governor Kathleen Blanco as well as Mayor Ray Nagin.
Black New Orleans was devastated by New Orleans and we'll ask a very important question:
Were the people in New Orleans left to drown on purpose because they were black?
I will seriously address this question directly throughout this episode.
Books
The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
How To Kill A City by Peter Moscowitz
Articles
August 29th 2005 | The Day Katrina Hit
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-katrina-slams-into-gulf-coast
Essential Timeline (less political | possible paywall)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/9/weather-hurricane-katrina-timeline/
Timeline for Hurricane Katrina
Sound Clips
George W Bush Sound Bite From Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyx-vBwcog&t=7s
Ray Nagin's Chocolate City Remarks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEH9u26Vlhk
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