The Adventures of Nat Turner, Blair Grocery & the Lower Nine Garden

“No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities – always see them for they’re always there.” – Norman Vincent Peale

Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans five years ago flooding 80% of the city, destroying homes, stores, schools, churches, and lives. When the levees broke the Lower Nine, one of the poorest areas of the city, found itself under 15 feet of water. The predominately African American community was almost wiped off the map. Even today only one fifth of the original residents have returned and the infrastructure is almost non-existent.

Maybe New Yorker Nat Turner saw an empty canvas instead of abandoned lots when he arrived in the Ninth Ward with $12 in his pocket. A schoolteacher by trade, he first…Read Full Article on Celsias