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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.

The 2005 hurricane season almost seemed like a wedge issue for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) and politicians alike. New Orleans\' residents new the truth about Michael Brown and the other slow responders to the scene ... and were right!!!!!

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed May 3, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/12305.

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