Abstract
The elections that were conducted in New Orleans in the spring of 2006 were historic in a number of regards. These elections were the first conducted following a major natural disaster and with significant numbers of residents displaced from the city. In many respects, these elections tested our nation’s commitment to ensuring broad levels of equal and open participation in the political process while raising profound questions regarding the impact of delayed elections on the democratic conscience. Ultimately, these elections will figure significantly into the rebuilding and reconstruction process that is now unfolding. This essay will describe the positive and negative aspects of the elections while analyzing their larger relevance to black political power in the Gulf.
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Charles Lussier, “New Orleans Election Off to a Slow Start,” Baton Rouge Advocate, April 11, 2006, http://naacpldf.org/.../epp_katrina/Early_Voting_and_Satellite_ Locations.pdf.
Elizabeth Bumiller, “Casualty of Firestorm: Outrage, Bush and FEMA Chief,” The New York Times, September 10, 2005; “Brown Puts Blame on Louisiana Officials,” CNN .com, September 28, 2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/27/katrina.brown/index.html.
Kristen Clarke-Avery and M. David Gelfand, “Voting Rights Challenges in a Post-Katrina World: With Constituents Dispersed, and Voting Districts Underpopulated, How Should New Orleans Hold Elections?” findlaw, October 11, 2005, http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20051011_gelfand.html.
John Pope, “Evoking King, Nagin Calls New Orleans Chocolate City: Speech Addresses Fear of Losing Black Culture,” New Orleans Times Picayune, January 17, 2006.
John Pope, “Black Precincts Buttress Nagin Victory,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 24, 2006.
Michael Eric Dyson, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster ( New York: Perseus Books, 2006 ), 204–205.
Manning Marable, “New Orleans Reconsidered: Race or Class,” Along the Color Line, January 2006;
Ceci Connolly, “Ninth Ward: History Yes, But a Future? Race and Class Frame Debate on Rebuilding New Orleans District,” Washington Post, October 3, 2005.
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Clarke, K. (2008). Race-Ing the Post-Katrina Political Landscape: An Analysis of the 2006 New Orleans Election. In: Marable, M., Clarke, K. (eds) Seeking Higher Ground. The Critical Black Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610095_3
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