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Phoebe Ferguson is a New Orleans native. She worked as a successful photographer and filmmaker in New York City for 20 years. Right after Katrina, she drove a truck full of supplies from Brooklyn, New York to a family that lost everything in New Orleans. Eight months later, she moved back to her roots and started work on a documentary, Member of the Club: A New Orleans Cinderella Story, about African American debutantes and the city's black social clubs.
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In the months after Hurricane Katrina, home repair signs like these were prolific throughout New Orleans.
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Hope is inspired by this limestone statue of a child praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It lies on the grounds of a seminary in New Orleans that survived the destruction.
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Cherise Harrison-Nelson sits in her Habitat for Humanity Home in Musician Village. Children regularly gather in her home to learn about the city's traditions and their African American heritage. She holds a book of Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales. The book was donated to the Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. Book Club, a book program to help area schools that began in December 2006.
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Jazz clarinetist Michael White enjoys spending time on the streets of his old neighborhood in the Marigny District of New Orleans. While there, several fellow musicians stopped to chat with White about his latest CD release Blue Crescent, inspired by the destruction and rebirth of New Orleans.
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Francisco Solórzano of FSX Construction stands at one of his projects on Canal Bouelvard. His company has rebuilt 15 homes since Katrina.
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Baty Landis, Tulane music history professor, 7 months pregnant, at her coffee & book shop Sound Café/Beth's Books on Chartres Street in the Marigny District. Dr. Michael White had a CD release performance at her place. Her baby was due in July of this year.
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