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From the Freedmen’s Bureau to FEMA: A Post-Katrina Historical, Journalistic, and Literary Analysis

Pamela Denise Reed

Virginia State University

This treatment is an examination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response, or lack thereof, to the citizens of New Orleans after the historic and catastrophic events in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Comparisons are drawn between it and the shameful failure of the Freedmen’s Bureau after the "Emancipation" of enslaved Africans in the place called America. Drawing from current media reports, historical texts, and the so-called slave narratives, this work seeks to point out Uncle Sam’s alarming legacy of treacherous, institutional nonchalance and disregard for the well-being of the African-descended American.

Key Words: FEMA • Reconstruction • Freedmen’s Bureau • race • class • reparations

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 37, No. 4, 555-567 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934706296193
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