New Orleans Mardi Gras

Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes in United States history, struck New Orleans in 2005. By the time the hurricane made landfall, heavy rains had already threatened the city’s infrastructure. The levees contributed to the flooding which submerged approximately 80% of the metropolitan area. It is believed that then-president George W. Bush and Federal officials were warned that the levees would likely be breached by the storm, but were negligent when it came to taking the…

thought that we would never see anything dry ever again. Two other families then came to live with us, making the grand total of people in the house twelve with one on the way. One family that came was some of Jamie’s work friends that lived in New Orleans and the other was friends of the family as well, but I actually knew neither one. It was a scary thing to realize we had twelve people that had to survive together and not even one could really leave for supplies. Walmart is not usually open…

One reading that interested me was the first chapter of “Understanding Black American Aspects In Hip Hop Cinema” by Tani Sanchez. This reading made me understand more about the past and how hip hop music was born. It provided so much information about the history of it all. It explained how music radiates through people to better the world. Within that first chapter of “Understanding Black American Aspects In Hip Hip Cinema”, it focused on the aspect of importance of hip hop music, where it…

With so much loss associated with Hurricane Katrina, the events leading up to the devastation should have allowed the city of New Orleans to be better prepared to undergo a category five storm. What caused the destruction, wind or water? What came first, the wind or the water? On August 29, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana was caught in the eye of the unforgettable Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of innocent lives were lost, along with homes and businesses as a result of the rushing flood waters.…

and kicks him out of the band. In the end, the fourth chair wasn’t even out of tune, but in Fletcher's words,” He didn’t know, and that’s even worse.” Another example of his intensity is the first time Andrew plays Whiplash. Being that Andrew is a new player, he hasn’t fully grasped the chart yet and messes up a little bit. Fletcher starts to pick on Andrew for not being exact on the tempo. Try after try Andrew cannot get the tempo correct. Fletcher throws a chair at Andrew’s head, almost…

Martin Luther King Jr delivered a speech on August 1963 called “I Have Dream” on the March unto Washington D.C. As a result of the Jim Crow law, communities were segregated. One man changed that, Martin Luther King Jr. He started a movement that led up to his “I Have A Dream” speech. This speech impacted over 250,000 people, that brought unity and liberty. Dr King’s speech impacted many due to the cause that the whole movement was approached in a nonviolent manner. Dr. King’s speech solved…

informative; giving factual and educational information to his readers. Therefore, this was presented with a research from a pair of sociologist, Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek. During the years after Katrina the two sociologists made regular trips to New Orleans, interviewing the hundreds of people who were affected majorly by the storm. During the course of seven years, they discovered that some children had not yet recovered, losing years of schooling, to later become unemployed. While others…

Louis Armstrong used jazz to change the music world and left a lasting effect on the entertainment industry. Armstrong was born in New Orleans to fifteen year old Mary Ann and twenty year old Willie. His whole life, Armstrong identified his birthday as July 4, 1900. It is now know his actual birth date was August 4, 1901. Armstrong’s young parents were not ready for a child so Josephine, Willie’s mother, raised him until he was five. Over those five years, Armstrong did not see much of his…

spending their money and going to nightclubs” (History of Jazz). In effort to save the jazz music and its popularity, “symbolic relationships” arose between agents and musicians during the creation of the “music business”. Working together with the new music business” came many musicians that influenced the beginning of the “Swing Era”. Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday…

The hurricane I did my project on was named hurricane Carol. Hurricane Carol affected all aspects of the life of people in New England. This hurricane was a category 3 hurricane. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). This happened on August 27, but weakened as its motion turned to a northwest drift. A strong trough of low pressure turned the hurricane northeastward, and Carol…