The Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., leader of the Hip Hop Caucus, says the fight against plastics and petrochemical pollution has become a modern civil rights issue for Black communities, particularly those living near industrial corridors like Cancer Alley. Featured in the “The Plastic Detox,” Yearwood encourages Americans to reduce plastic use at home while advocating for stronger environmental protections and community activism.
Tag: Hurricane Katrina
Posted inWord In Black
This nonprofit is bringing Black teachers back to New Orleans
By Aaricka WashingtonWord in Black In the two decades since Hurricane Katrina drowned the city and its public school system, the story of K-12 education in New Orleans has gone something like this: nothing good happened until charter schools, and White reformers, showed up. But Adrinda Kelly, a New Orleans native, knows that’s not the […]
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Mississippi memories: After the storm
By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor Recently, the AFRO profiled 32-year-old Chancellor Mason, a Hurricane Katrina survivor from Gulfport, Miss. This week, we explore what life was like for the Mason family in the aftermath of the storm. As August turned to September in 2005, Chancellor Mason, his older brother, mother and father did what most […]
Posted inOpinion
Marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina: Bearing witness to tragedy and triumph
Reflections on reporting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, focusing on the devastation, resilience of survivors, and the power of their stories.
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Mississippi memories: A survivor recalls the day Hurricane Katrina came ashore
Chancellor Mason, now 32, recalls surviving Hurricane Katrina as a 12-year-old boy in Gulfport, Miss., an experience that continues to shape his life today, as he and his family sought shelter at a local school and witnessed the devastation of the storm.
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Survivors of Katrina find strength, solace through the efforts of extraordinary people
By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com When the first official public warnings of a tropical depression, then located over the Bahamas, were issued on Aug. 23, 2005 by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fl., few could have predicted that it would become one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. But by the […]
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New Orleans clergy say 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Black communities still waiting for promises to be fulfilled
Two decades after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, members of the Black communities say they still haven’t fully recovered from the storm.
