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STORY SUMMARY: The poor African-Americans of New Orleans never had it easy. Yet today they are in a headlong struggle to recapture the identity and spirit of their community which was all but washed away over two years ago by Hurricane Katrina. Many can’t afford to return to the city while those who can face a dearth of jobs, an affordable housing crisis, schools in shambles and a homeless population that has doubled. The sense of isolation is unmistakable in their disrupted neighborhoods which often remain largely empty. Policies such as the demolition of public housing and the lack of rebuilding in strongholds such as the Lower Ninth Ward has left much of the African-American citizenry feeling abandoned. Racism undoubtedly plays a role. The rich and vibrant heritage of the community, which created the only American art form, jazz, is profoundly threatened. Those who have returned face an uncertain fate yet are attempting to reclaim their lives and communities despite the odds. CAPTION: Young B.W. Cooper housing project residents practice flips using mattresses June 10, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Katrina, B.W. Cooper held about 1,000 families and was the city’s largest housing project, but it is now more than 80 percent empty and is facing demolition. Most residents have lived in the projects their whole lives and consider them home.
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The April issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on photojournalist Tim Hetherington, whose search for "the human" in the violence of the world landed him atop this year's World Press Photo awards. Also in this issue, Henri Cartier-Bresson once said that no once since Goya portrayed war like his Magnum peer Philip Jones Griffiths, who died in March; documentary photojournalism was born of a "New Deal" public relations effort in Roy Stryker's America; a photojournalist and a writer's first-person account of Tent City New Orleans; and a look at HDR photography. These and other stories in the April issue of News Photographer magazine.

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