Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2006 with Odalee Fair. A resident of New Orleans, Ms. Fair discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, Ron Faucheux, and Bill Jefferson, dressed in running clothes, are racing through New Orleans. They are at a corner next to a brick building, and the city skyline can be...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A teacher is sitting at her desk in a classroom and appears dazed. Around her head are circular marks labeled "Test scores...Facility decay...Discipline." On the desk is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge pothole in a New Orleans city street is labeled "Needs." Other potholes are nearby, and the cityscape is in the background. A man with a hard hat is driving a dump truck...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter sits on the equestrian statue in Jackson Square. He is sitting behind Andrew Jackson and is holding his hat in a similar way. Behind him is St. Louis Cathedral.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial and William Jefferson are dressed in baseball uniforms. Morial is speaking angrily to Jefferson, saying, "You're minor league!" Jefferson smiles...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men sit facing each other, talking, on brick steps (stoops? rooftops?). The New Orleans skyline with the Superdome can be seen in the background, along with the moon. One of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, dressed as a boxer, stands in the center of the ring. His arm is being held up high by the referee, who is shouting, "The winner and still the titleholder...."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A commentator is watching a foot race from the reporter’s box. Racers are indicated only by feet and a cloud of dust. The commentator yells into the microphone, “It's down...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial carries a briefcase labeled "Joint ventures to benefit all." A paper sticking out of the case is labeled “Regional transit." Morial is standing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is dressed in shabby clothing with patches sewn on and a torn hat too small for his head. His patches are labeled, "City employee layoffs" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wearing track shorts and shoes and labeled, "Candidate" on his back is sitting atop a track hurdle labeled "Qualification deadline." Ahead of him on the track are two more...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. City Hall in New Orleans is shown in the background with "City in crisis" above it. In the foreground is a voting booth with curtain open to reveal the voting machine inside....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial and New Orleans city councilman Joseph V. DiRosa are dressed as train conductors. Candidates for mayor of New Orleans, they are arguing beside the tracks where...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A gangster-type man wearing a trench coat labeled "Crime issue" leans against a wall underneath a sign that reads, "Mayoral race." In the distance is the New Orleans skyline....
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A witch flies on a giant broom above buildings of New Orleans, with a huge moon in the background. Billboards and placards on the buildings are political advertisements for local...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is sitting in an armchair in a home setting reading the newspaper. Above the electrical outlet on the nearby wall is a jagged dollar sign that resembles electrical...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men in an office are singing, one of them while playing a guitar. The man with the guitar is at a desk with a name plate labeled, "Orleans Levee Board." Papers on the desk...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man drives a streetcar labeled, "N.O. transit" up a hill. The side of the streetcar says, "Temporary tax increase," and he follows an arrow pointing uphill that reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial and two men stand by the edge of a stream in a woodland setting, and they are watching the stream flow by. A sign nearby is labeled, "Cutback...
