Quotes by Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City

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If people are troubled by their view, they ought to offer these New Orleanians, and black and poor people in the places — Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City
..I met two young guys from the Oregon National Guard... The lieutenant told me about their temporary barracks in an old — Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City
..I began speaking.. First, I took issue with the media's characterization of the post-Katrina New Orleans as resembling — Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City
According to the 2003 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 25.8 percent of [New Orleans] population lives below the poverty — Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City
The millions of vacationers who came here every year before Katrina were mostly unaware of this poverty. French Quarter — Billy Sothern, Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City