Hurricane Betsy and the Politics of Disaster in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward, 1965--1967 (2014)
The article focuses on the history of Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and how it impacted the New Orleans, Louisiana neighborhood known as the Lower Ninth Ward. The author explores the history of the Lower Ninth Ward as a predominately African American neighborhood, discusses the disaster relief provided to its residents after Betsy, and examines the political and racial aspects of the emergency management responses by U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson.
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