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Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena 6

Amy Goodman (Foreword by) and Jordan Flaherty
Edition: pb
ISBN: 9781608460656
Publisher: Haymarket
Release Date: 2010-08-11
ITEM OVERVIEW
Floodlines is a firsthand account of community, culture, and resistance in New Orleans. The book weaves the stories of gay rappers, Mardi Gras Indians, Arab and Latino immigrants, public housing residents, and grassroots activists in the years before and after Katrina. From post-Katrina evacuee camps to torture testimony at Angola Prison to organizing with the family members of the Jena Six, Floodlines tells the stories behind the headlines from an unforgettable time and place in history.