logging in or signing up Gulfport Nevada Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 23 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 23, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript IN KATRINA’S WAKE, GULFPORT’S BLACK COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: IN KATRINA’S WAKE, GULFPORT’S BLACK COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law September 12, 2005 Photos provided by Trisha Miller and Karen Lash For more information, contact Trisha at 202.294.3547Slide2: Gulfport, Mississippi North Gulfport Turkey Creek CommunitySlide3: Economic Disparities between North Gulfport (95% black) and Gulfport (31% black) Median Income: $40,317 vs. $20,287Slide4: Turkey Creek is Listed as One of Mississippi’s 10 Most Endangered Historic PlacesTurkey Creek: The Aftermath: Turkey Creek: The AftermathPart of the Original Turkey Creek Settlement Built by Emancipated Slaves in the Reconstruction Era: Part of the Original Turkey Creek Settlement Built by Emancipated Slaves in the Reconstruction EraAn Ancient Live Oak Tree Uprooted by the Storm : An Ancient Live Oak Tree Uprooted by the Storm Community hero Dashawn saved elderly residents from the tidal surge by pulling them out of floodwaters in a rowboat.: Community hero Dashawn saved elderly residents from the tidal surge by pulling them out of floodwaters in a rowboat.Turkey Creek Resident Rescued by Neighbors: Turkey Creek Resident Rescued by NeighborsThe Good Deeds Community Center: A Makeshift Refuge for Hundreds of North Gulfport and Turkey Creek Residents: The Good Deeds Community Center: A Makeshift Refuge for Hundreds of North Gulfport and Turkey Creek ResidentsNorth Gulfport Resident Continues to Run Local Farmers Market Amid the Wreckage: North Gulfport Resident Continues to Run Local Farmers Market Amid the WreckageSlide13: Downtown Gulfport 12 days after the storm and no sign of FEMA Church groups from across the country occupy abandoned buildings to feed residents Slide14: Federal Court House: One of the few downtown buildings to surviveMississippi’s Lost Coast: Mississippi’s Lost Coast You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Gulfport Nevada Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 23 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 23, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript IN KATRINA’S WAKE, GULFPORT’S BLACK COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: IN KATRINA’S WAKE, GULFPORT’S BLACK COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law September 12, 2005 Photos provided by Trisha Miller and Karen Lash For more information, contact Trisha at 202.294.3547Slide2: Gulfport, Mississippi North Gulfport Turkey Creek CommunitySlide3: Economic Disparities between North Gulfport (95% black) and Gulfport (31% black) Median Income: $40,317 vs. $20,287Slide4: Turkey Creek is Listed as One of Mississippi’s 10 Most Endangered Historic PlacesTurkey Creek: The Aftermath: Turkey Creek: The AftermathPart of the Original Turkey Creek Settlement Built by Emancipated Slaves in the Reconstruction Era: Part of the Original Turkey Creek Settlement Built by Emancipated Slaves in the Reconstruction EraAn Ancient Live Oak Tree Uprooted by the Storm : An Ancient Live Oak Tree Uprooted by the Storm Community hero Dashawn saved elderly residents from the tidal surge by pulling them out of floodwaters in a rowboat.: Community hero Dashawn saved elderly residents from the tidal surge by pulling them out of floodwaters in a rowboat.Turkey Creek Resident Rescued by Neighbors: Turkey Creek Resident Rescued by NeighborsThe Good Deeds Community Center: A Makeshift Refuge for Hundreds of North Gulfport and Turkey Creek Residents: The Good Deeds Community Center: A Makeshift Refuge for Hundreds of North Gulfport and Turkey Creek ResidentsNorth Gulfport Resident Continues to Run Local Farmers Market Amid the Wreckage: North Gulfport Resident Continues to Run Local Farmers Market Amid the WreckageSlide13: Downtown Gulfport 12 days after the storm and no sign of FEMA Church groups from across the country occupy abandoned buildings to feed residents Slide14: Federal Court House: One of the few downtown buildings to surviveMississippi’s Lost Coast: Mississippi’s Lost Coast