Dorothy Mackey Prevost oral history interview, 2003.

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Dorothy Mackey Prevost oral history interview, 2003.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635195825

Prevost discusses her childhood in the Lower Ninth Ward where the neighbors grew and exchanged food with each other. She talks about the schools she attended and segregated schooling and activities in New Orleans in the 1930s and 1940s. She primarily discusses her experience during Hurricane Betsy and the refurbishing of her home after the storm. She talks about changes in the Ninth Ward after Hurricane Betsy and the decline of the neighborhood in recent years.

1 sound cassette (1 hour, 30 minutes);Abstract (3 leaves);Transcript (72 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7886675

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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