Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood

Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood Three years after Hurricane Katrina, HUD makes a controversial decision to tear down the B.W. Cooper Apartments

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Gerard Lewis, a Mardi Gras Indian who grew up in the Cooper projects, cries as the annual Super Sunday second line parade passes the buildings for the last time.

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