Blacks in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans have made some educational progress, but the median income has not risen as much as that of White households, reports NOLA.…
Agnus hid her face in the flaps of her faded blue collar when I reached to take a picture. “No,” she protested. “I don’t look pretty.” She continued thumbing through the pages of Glamour Magazine. My 13-year-old neighbor, with sheepish eyes and an unassuming smile, paused at a cosmetics ad. She traced her index finger […]
