Algiers Point
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Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significa
Algiers Point in 1922
Rounding Algiers Point A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right
Algiers Point houses Late 19th-century houses at the corner of Delaronde and Olivier Streets
Algiers Point sign
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that affected the Southeastern United States in late August 2005, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans. Katr
Algiers Point
…around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. People from Algiers Point (and Algiers as a whole) are known as Algierines, or Algerines. During Hurricane Katrina, residents of Algiers Point are alleged to have murdered dozens of displaced black people in racially motivated hate attacks which were never prosecuted…
Katrina at peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on August 28
Flanked by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, left, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush meets with members of the Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Recovery on August 31, 2005.
Damage to a mobile home in Davie, Florida following Hurricane Katrina
Flooding in Venice, Louisiana