For More Readings on History

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July 23, 2007
Some beginning suggestions:
  1. Brod Bagert, Jr., HOPE VI AND ST. THOMAS: SMOKE, MIRRORS AND URBAN MERCANTILISM. London School of Economics, Sept. 2002. www.survivorsvillage.com/docs/HOPEVlandStThomas.pdf.
  2. John M. Barry, RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
  3. Mary Gehman, THE FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR OF NEW ORLEANS: AN INTRODUCTION. New Orleans: Margaret Media, Inc. 1994.
  4. Lance Hill, "THE DEACONS FOR DEFENSE": ARMED RESISTANCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
  5. Eric Mann, KATRINA'S LEGACY: WHITE RACISM AND BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE GULF COAST, Los Angeles: Frontlines Press, 2006. (www.frontlinespress.com)
  6. Michael Otieno Molina, THE SECOND LINE. Self published, 2006. (A novel about culture, tradition and history in New Orleans before Katrina. See www.purgatorystories.blogspot.com.)