Zane and the Hurricane

• Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

This short, nonfiction graphic novel for middle grade readers by Don Brown won starred reviews in 2017 from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. 

• The Ninth Ward

This 2012 book by Jewell Parker Rhodes provides a fictional account of Hurricane Katrina from a twelve-year old girl’s perspective. 

• The Legendary Ingramettes: African American Gospel Music from Virginia

Miss Tissy finds joy singing gospel songs at home and at church. This video shows a concert by the gospel group The Ingramettes.

• Wynton Marsalis Performs “Amazing Grace” at Federal Hall

Kermit Ruffins performs “Drop Me off in New Orleans”.

• Harry Connick Jr. performs “Mardi Gras in New Orleans”

Jazz plays an important part in African American history and New Orleans culture. In Zane and the Hurricane, the character Tru plays brass for famous jazz and blues musicians like Wynton Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, Harry Connick, Jr., and others.

• You Better Second Line: Jazz Funeral for Juanita Brooks

In New Orleans, the jazz funeral is somber on the way to the cemetery, and a celebration on the way back.