(An earlier version of this blog was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the July 27, 2015 edition.) In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Rev. Charles Duplessis of Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church says an estimate that less than half of that area's pre-Katrina population has returned looks accurate. "Just over 50 members of our congregation of 120 are back," he said from his Tennessee Street home, where services are being held until the Flood Street church is rebuilt. The Lower Nine and thr...
Post-Katrina Struggles Continue in the Lower Ninth Ward and Parts of West Bank New Orleans
The Huffington Post - 14 Aug 2015 19:37
(An earlier version of this blog was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the July 27, 2015 edition.) In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Rev. Charles Duplessis of Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church says an estimate that less than half of that area's pre-Katrina population has returned looks accurate. "Just over 50 members of our congregation of 120 are back," he said from his Tennessee Street home, where services are being held until the Flood Street church is rebuilt. The Lower Nine and thr...
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