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Neighborhood Story Project

The Neighborhood Story Project is a community documentary program based out of John McDonogh Senior High in New Orleans. Through creative non-fiction, photography, and in-depth interviews, high school students learn how to create detailed portraits of their communities. In June of 2005, the Neighborhood Story Project published five books that looked at the city from different vantage points.

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Before and After N. Dorgenois
by Ebony Bolding
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In Before and After North Dorgenois, Ebony Bolding examines life in New Orleanss Sixth Ward. She talks to friends, family, neighbors, and people on the street, interviewing newly arrived doctors, members of the church on her block, the Bayou Road Boys... (read more)

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Where Would the World Be Without Women: Stories from the 9th Ward
by Waukesha Jackson
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