
Floodlines
Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six
Jordan Flaherty(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
303 pages
978-1-60846-065-6 (ISBN)
Description
A first-hand account of community, culture and resistance in New Orleans, from gay rappers, Mardi Gras Indians, Latino immigrants and grassroots activists in the years before and after Hurricane Katrina. From post-Katrina evacuee camps to torture testimony at Angola Prison and the Jena Six, a group of black teenagers at the centre of a race row, Floodlines tells the stories behind the headlines from an unforgettable time and place in history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-065-6 (9781608460656)
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06/2021
Haymarket Books
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Person
Flaherty is a writer and community organizer based in New Orleans. His journalism played an important role in bringing the infamous case of the Jena Six to worldwide attention. His post-Katrina writing in ColorLines Magazine shared a journalism award from New America Media for best Katrina-related coverage, and he has produced many segments for Al-Jazeera, TeleSur and Democracy Now.