Floodlines

Jordan Flaherty

Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six is firsthand journalism of struggles for justice and liberation in New Orleans. The book weaves together the stories of queer rappers, immigrant organizers, public housing residents, and grassroots activists in the years before and after Katrina. From post-Katrina evacuee camps and Angola Prison to the family members who laid the ground for Black Lives Matter, Floodlines is a people's history of a crucial time and place in history. Duration - 9h 8m. Author - Jordan Flaherty. Narrator - Jordan Flaherty. Published Date - Thursday, 23 January 2025. Copyright - © 2010 Haymarket Books ©.

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Opening Credits

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Acknowledgements

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Foreword by Amy Goodman

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Preface by Tracie L. Washington

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Introduction: We Know This Place

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Chapter One: We Won't Bow Down: Culture and Resistance in New Orleans

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Chapter Two: Lies on the News: The Flood and its Aftermath

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Chapter Three: Still Got me in Disbelief: New Orleans After the Storm

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Chapter Four: Wonder How We Doin': The Blank Slate

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Chapter Five: Dollar Day in New Orleans: Money and Relief

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Chapter Six: Behind Them Penitentiary Walls: Organizing in Prison

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Chapter Seven: Serve and Protect: Criminalizing the Survivors

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Chapter Eight: You Don’t Want to Go to War: The Struggle for Housing

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Chapter Nine: The Rest of the World Lives Here Too: Immigrant Struggles

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Chapter Ten: Fight for What’s Right: The Jena Generation

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Conclusion: Desire

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Appendix: Letter from the People of New Orleans to Our Friends and Allies

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End Credits

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