Children living in a New Orleans housing project play in front of storm-damaged apartments.
News Headlines: Sept. 12, 2007
Los Angeles Times: Data Confirm New Orleans' Black Exodus — "New Orleans' black population dropped 57% a year after Hurricane Katrina. Billed as the 'first full picture' of the mass migration after the hurricane, the analysis also found that New Orleanians displaced to Houston and other cities were more likely to be black, uneducated and poor."
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What changes have you seen in the make-up of your community? What do you think is leading to the decline of the black population in some major cities?
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