Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years Later

   Dick Gregory will be at the Sydney Marcus Auditorium in Atlanta for an unforgettable evening with the legendary speaker. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his thoughts on Hurricane Katrina, the massacre at the historic black church in South Carolina and much more.  Hurricane Katrina – accident or on purpose? “As […]

Rev. Al Sharpton reminds people that Hurricane Katrina was a man made disaster in light of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that hit the city of New Orleans in 2005. “We’ve seen the black businesses not restored. The black banks not restored. In many ways we ought to commit to restoring and rebuilding what […]

Roland Martin talks to Stacy Martin, the Louisiana Director of Black Alliance for Education Options about the state of education in New Orleans, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina. “The concept of charter schools were circulating in New Orleans before Katrina. We’re now seeing the positive outlook of charter schools. All schools should be “A” schools, but what […]

Do you remember where you were on August 25, 2005? Like most people I have a general idea. I know I was living in Chicago at the time and had recently returned from Africa where I was shooting a documentary on the children of Africa and AIDS. But I couldn’t give you specifics. The people […]

Roland Martin talks to Vice Chairwoman of the National Democratic Committee, Donna Brazile about the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and what has happened in the city since then. “It’s been a bittersweet memory for both of us. So many of our fellow citizens, not just in New Orleans, but the entire Gulf Coast. People […]

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans creating one of the worst natural catastrophes in American history, much of the hard-hit city on the banks of the Mississippi River has been rebuilt. But one nagging question remains: What is the future of the Ninth Ward, the predominantly Black community that remains forsaken to […]