“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Here for a Limited Time Only
• May 13, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cooking, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Food, Hate Crimes, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Political Malfeasance, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Congo Square", "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", Arguments, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Brenda Marie Osbey, Broken Levees, California Newsreel, Community, Documentary, Father Jerome LeDoux, Film Documentary, Film Festivals, Glen David Andrews, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Lenwood Sloan, Levees, Lolis Eric Elie, Nature, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, San Francisco International Film Festival, South Madison Branch Public Library, St. Augustine Parish, The Mississippi River, Tribeca Film Festival, Wynton Marsalis
How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?
• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off on How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II
Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music
• January 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans MusicPosted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments Off on “Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in OctoberPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
The Fifth of Katrina – The Community at Large
• August 30, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "When the Levees Broke", Affordable Housing, African American, Bennie Pete, Bounce Music, California, Children, Civil Rights, FEMA Trailers, Harry Cook, Homeless, Homelessness, Housing Projects, Hurricane Katrina, Low-Cost Housing, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New York, New York City, NYU, Oklahoma, Rental Property, Rentals, Rents, Sandra Bullock, Tennessee, The Great Recession, The Hot 8 Brass Band, The Lower Nine, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Ninth Ward, Tulane University, United States, Warren Easton High School, Young Urban Redevelopment Professionals
The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Ben Franklin High School, Broken Levees, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Emergency Plan, FEMA, Floods, Harry Shearer, HBCU, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Levees, New Orleans, New Orleans Housing Authority, New Orleans LA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roman Catholic, St. Bernard Project, Stranded, The Big Easy, The Big Uneasy, The Fifth Anniversary, The Gulf Coast, The Musicians' Village, The President, The President of the United States, Xavier University
The Fifth of Katrina – The People
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The PeoplePosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin
Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO
• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBOPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Cancer Alley", "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Alabama, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Blacks, BP, Brown, Bush, Cable TV, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Debut, Dick Cheney, Documentary, Environmental Disaster, Florida, George W. Bush, Haiti, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Neighborhoods, New Orleans LA, NOLA, NOLA.com, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Premiere, President Barack Obama, Rep. Joseph Cao, Seafood Industry, Sean Penn, Simonize, Spike, Spike Lee, The BP Oil Spill, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Coast, The Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Vietnamese Community, Wendell Pierce, William "Cold Cash" Jefferson
Preview of “Treme,” Fifth Episode: “Shame, Shame, Shame”
• May 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Preview of “Treme,” Fifth Episode: “Shame, Shame, Shame”Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Cultural History, Drama, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Treme", African Americans, Blacks, Cable, Community, Disaster, Drama, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Survivors, Hurricanes, Katrina, Musicians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, Picking Up the Pieces, Preview, Rebuilding, Republicans, TV Series
Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”
• April 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drama, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Music Videos, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Television, Television Series, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Meet De Boys on De Battlefront", "Treme", African Americans, Back of Town, Blacks, Cable TV, Children, Couples, Dixieland, Drama, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz Musicians, Katrina, Love, Missing, Missing Person, Murder, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, Racism, Relationships, Renewed, Second Season, Self-Respect, Television, Wordpress Blog
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Katrina Survivor in Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” Has Published Her First Book; Now Appears in “Treme”
• April 16, 2010 • Comments Off on Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Katrina Survivor in Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” Has Published Her First Book; Now Appears in “Treme”Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Spirituality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Allison "Tootie" Montana, Blacks, Chief of Chiefs, Children, Constables on Patrol, Desiree, Domestic Violence, Drama, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Survivors, Jazz Musicians, Katrina, Love, Mental Health, Motherhood, Music, Musicians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Racism, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Spike Lee, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy
I Can’t Watch “Treme” on HBO, But You Can Starting April 11 (w/Update)
• April 9, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drama, Hurricanes, Love, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, Television Series
Tags: "Buy Us Back Chirac", "Do What You Wanna", "Fuck You You Fucking Fucks", "FYYFFs", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Wire", "Treme", Ashley Morris, Back of Town, Cable TV, David Mills, David Simon, Hana Morris, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Katrina, Kermit Ruffins, Levees, Mardi Gras Indians, Mary McNamara, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, oyster, Rebirth Brass Band, The Crescent City, Wendell Pierce, Your Right Hand Thief
The Ain’ts They Aren’t – Saints Win The Super Bowl
• February 8, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ain’ts They Aren’t – Saints Win The Super BowlPosted in Class, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Super Bowl
Tags: "The Interception", "Who Dat?", After Katrina, Broadway Joe Namath, Carnaval, CBS, Champagne!, Chris Reis, Drew Brees, Garrett Hartley, Hangovers, Hurricane Katrina, Jeremy Shockley, Jonathan Casillas, Katie Couric, Katrina, King Cake, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, National Champions, National Football League, National Football League Champions, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Paper Bags, Partying, Pierre Thomas, Reggie Bush, Saints 31 Colts 17, Somebody, The Crescent City, The New Orleans Saints, The Super Bowl, Thomas Morstead, Tracy Porter
Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the Saints
• January 24, 2010 • Comments Off on Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the SaintsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Ninth Ward
Tags: 'Niners, American Cities, American City, Assassinations, Brett Favre, Carnival, City Hall, Delirium, Exile, Forty Niners, Geaux Saints!, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Hurricane Katrina, Jonestown, Joy, Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Prima Donna, Speculators, The Minnesota Vikings, The Ninth Ward, The San Francisco 49ers, The Super Bowl, Vikes, World Championship
Meanwhile, Back in Madison (WI): Daddy Murders Two Baby Mamas and Their Daughters (w/Update)
• December 6, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Race, Sexuality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Activist Mother, Amber Weigel, Angry Men, Baby Girls, Damien Sundby, Dane County, Daughters, Death by Cops, DeForest WI, Deja Adair, Employment, First Degree Murder, Foreclosures, GMC Acadia, Gulf War Vets, Harold Ferguson, Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq War Vets, Laborer, Laid Off, Madison WI, Mentally Ill, Middleton WI, Neveah Weigel-Adair, New Orleans LA, Suicide, Survivors, The Black Middle Class, Toddlers, Tracy Graser, Tracy Judd, Tyrone Adair, Tyrone M. Adair, Unemployed
President Obama in New Orleans Today
• October 15, 2009 • Comments Off on President Obama in New Orleans TodayPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and Green
• October 8, 2009 • Comments Off on Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and GreenPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Race, The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin
Tags: 12 Feet, African Americans, Brad Pitt, Flooding, Green Houses, Green Muze, Green Technology, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, Make It Right, Morphosis, Mother Nature Network, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Post-Modern, Property, Santa Monica CA, Shotgun House, The FLOAT House, The Make It Right Foundation, Thom Mayne, Wisconsin
This Was Our House
• August 26, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, History, Hurricanes, Love, Memoir, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Race, Religion, Who I Am
Tags: 2632 Peniston Street, Black Indians, Booman Tribune, Canal Villerie, Chauffeur, Chicken Coops, Cicadas, Daily Kos, Drugs, Easter Lilies, Fig Trees, Geraniums, Hurricane Betsy, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Magnolia Street, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Indians, Mosquito Hawks, Napoleon Avenue, Peniston STreet, RC Cola, Schwegmann's, Shrimp Boil, St. James Parish, St. Luke's, The Magnolia Projects, The Spiritual Church of New Orleans, The Twelfth Ward, Tourism, Trainer, Winn-Dixie
The Katrina Pain Index
• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off on The Katrina Pain IndexPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Joblessness, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Katrina Pain Index 2009", After Katrina, Bill Quigley, Bobby Jindal, Counterpunch, Davida Finger, FEMA, FEMA Trailers, GNOCDC, Governor Bobby Jindal, Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, Homeowners, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Survivors, ICF International, Louisiana, New Orleans, Renters, The Brookings Institution, The Road Home, The Stimulus Plan
This is the Week of Katrina, Year Four
• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off on This is the Week of Katrina, Year FourPosted in American Politics, Black People, Education, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Survivors, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, New Orleans
Why Do Black People Care About the Burr Oak Cemetery Tragedy?
• July 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Why Do Black People Care About the Burr Oak Cemetery Tragedy?Posted in Art, Black People, Class, History, Hurricanes, Love, Memoir, Religion
Tags: African American, African Americans, Alsip IL, Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Black Jews, Blacks, Bones, Buddy Bolden, Burial Culture, Burr Oak Cemetery, Charles "Buddy" Bolden, Chicago IL, Cook County, Delgado Community College, DNA, Funeral Decorations, Grave Markers, Graves, Grief, Headstones, Holt Cemetery, Hurricane Katrina, Jewish Law, Madison WI, Martin Luther King Jr., Metairie, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New York City, Orleans Parish, Potter's Field, Rabbi Capers Funnye, Reburials, Robert Charles Riots, The African Burial Ground, The Graveyard Rabbit of the Quad Cities, Wall Street
Save Charity Hospital of New Orleans
• April 23, 2009 • Comments Off on Save Charity Hospital of New OrleansPosted in Black People, Charity Hospital, Class, Gentrification, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Race
Tags: Claiborne Street, Flint-Goodrich Hospital/Nursing Home, Hurricane Katrina, Magnolia Projects, Super Dome, Third Ward, Winn-Dixie
Dan Baum’s New Book Chronicles Nine New Orleans Lives
• March 31, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Books, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Sexuality, The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Carnival, Dan Baum, Food Music Justice, Hurricane Betsy, Hurricane Katrina, Ken McCarthy, New Orleanians, New Orleans Police, Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, The New Yorker, Transsexuals
This Black Sista's Memorial Page 