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The Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As the name implies, it is part of the 9th Ward of New Orleans.
NOPD SWAT officers Sgt. Todd Morrell left and Lt. Cris Mandry right, help a man in the lower ninth ward out of his attic into a waiting boat after New Orleans is hit by Hurricane Katrina...
The Living Museum features oral histories from community members, exhibits of key events from the history of the Lower Ninth Ward, and cultural events that entertain and educate.
The Lower Ninth Ward was impacted by this social and racial upheaval, and the demographic of the area shifted from a diverse neighborhood of lower income and working class families to an area becoming predominantly occupied by Black residents.
The flooded streets and destroyed homes of the New Orleans neighborhood known as the Lower Ninth Ward were among the most powerful and iconic images from Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath...
Growing up in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Ferdinand and other neighborhood children spent their days exploring the wetland. But slowly, over time, the land fell into disrepair due to decades of state neglect, which only worsened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
With $1.2 million in funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, NOAA is amplifying local efforts in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish to restore wetlands and revitalize communities.
Amid municipal neglect and increasing impoverishment, Lower Ninth Ward residents developed cross-generational neighborhood bonds that encouraged activist pursuit of better public services and nourished cultural traditions singular to New Orleans.
Fearing their neighborhood’s rich history would be forever lost in the wake of Katrina, residents teamed up with a group of volunteers to create a museum of living history.
lowernine.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to the long-term recovery of New Orleans’ historic Lower Ninth Ward from Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches of 2005.