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Report Details Katrina Victims Continuing Fight
August 17, 2010
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Katrina Victims Feel Forgotten
August 13, 2010
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Report Highlights Progress On Katrina Recovery
August 12, 2010
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Katrina Five Years Later
August 11, 2010
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5 Years After Katrina, Mayor Plans New Hospital
July 27, 2010
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Oxfam Report Shows Haiti Camps Vulnerable To Major Hurricane Damage
June 02, 2010
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Black Officials Work Toward Partnerships After Katrina
May 14, 2010
n an effort to reduce future disastrous responses from FEMA in heavily Black populated Gary Flowers, chief executive officer of the Black ...
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Post-Katrina Racial Attacks Claimed
April 13, 2010
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Report Blasts Firm Overseeing Katrina Recovery
March 12, 2010
An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found ...
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New Report Paints Landscape of LA. 4 yrs. After Katrina
September 18, 2009
The average life span for African Americans in Louisiana today (72.2 years) is shorter than that of Colombians, Vietnamese and Venezuelans. The average life span of an African American in New Orleans is 69.3 years, nearly as low as life expectancy in North Korea. ...
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BLACK ACCOUNTANTS TO HELP IN HURRICANE RAVAGED NEW ORLEANS
June 19, 2009
In New Orleans, NABA's professional and student members will put down their calculators and pick up a hammer, paint brush and power tools to help build a brand new home for a family left homeless after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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FEMA Temporary Housing Program Ending For Families Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita
May 04, 2009
Since the temporary housing unit program was extended over two years ago, FEMA has been working with occupants to transition out of the program into more permanent homes. On May 1, FEMA will begin delivering Notices to Vacate to inform applicants that they must surrender the housing unit by May 30. ...
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Secretary Napolitano Announces Additional FEMA Funding for Katrina/Rita Public Assistance Projects
April 22, 2009
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Gulf Coast Advocates Testify on Housing Assistance in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
March 19, 2009
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Louisiana Prisons Put Black Voting Power At Risk
September 02, 2011
Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Sometimes called “The Farm†because of its plantation-like set-up, it houses almost 5,300 men, of whom 3,900 are serving life sentences, 968 face terms of 40 years or more, and 83 are on death row. The prison is located 90 minutes ...
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Group Updates On Recovery Six Years After Katrina
August 30, 2011
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law remains concerned about low-income and minority communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina six years ago and presently. "We are still committed to fighting for racial justice and ongoing recovery efforts in the Gulf," said Lawyers' Committee Executive Director Barbara Arnwine. "There is still much work to be done and it is quite disheartening that these vulnerable ...
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Convictions In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
August 08, 2011
A federal jury issued across-the-board guilty verdicts against five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on 25 counts in connection with the federal prosecution of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina and an extensive cover-up of those shootings The incident resulted ...
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Katrina Bridge Killing Case Goes To Jury
August 03, 2011
After nearly seven hours of closing arguments, the landmark case of several current or former New Orleans police officers accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina has been placed in a jury's hands. A federal jury began their deliberations Wednesday after U.S. District Judge ...
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New Orleans PD Under Fire In Corruption Case
July 18, 2011
In New Orleans’ federal courthouse, five police officers are currently facing charges of killing unarmed black civilians who were escaping floods from the failed levees that buckled during Hurricane Katrina. The police are also charged with conspiring to cover up their crimes. Local sources say, ...
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BLACKS WIN KATRINA SUIT
July 07, 2011
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations today announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the "Road Home" program. ...
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Parent's Group Opposes Charter School Expansion Plan
July 05, 2011
Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States today is speaking out in opposition of HR 2218, the “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.†...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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BLACK POLITICAL CLOUT MOVING SOUTH
June 28, 2011
African-Americans once were clustered so heavily in urban areas that the terms "black" and "inner city" came to be used almost synonymously. According to the 2010 U.S. Census results, that time is history. While blacks have by no means vanished from cities, unprecedented numbers have headed for the suburbs or left the ...
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Feds Begin Major Police Racial Mis-Conduct Case
June 22, 2011
Almost six years after police fatally shot two people and injured four others on the Danziger Bridge, amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, the trial of five current and former New Orleans police officers is set to begin today in federal court. The defendants are Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, Sgt. Robert Gisevius, officer Anthony Villavaso, former officer Robert Faulcon ...
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TRIBES FORCED INTO FEMA TRAILERS
May 03, 2011
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US Sues Over Katrina Worker Abuse
April 21, 2011
The agency charged Signal with disparate, discriminatory treatment concerning the workers’ terms and conditions of employment, as well as segregating them. ...
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New Orleans Police Go On Trial In Beating Death Of Black Man
April 05, 2011
Jury selection has begun for two New Orleans police officers charged in a 2005 beating death and its coverup in another black eye for the troubled force. ...
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HBCU Merger Proposals Persist Despite Opposition
March 14, 2011
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Critics Question Balance Of Civil Rights Panel
March 11, 2011
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Minority Groups: Civil Rights Getting Worse At FCC
February 23, 2011
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Black Newsman Don Lemon Publishes Memoir
February 10, 2011
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