NOLA.com: NO’s Vietnamese Community a Model of Resilience in the Midst of Trouble
In a new guest column, HNOC Senior Historian Mark Cave draws parallels between New Orleans’s post-Katrina recovery and the experiences of its Vietnamese immigrant community after the fall of Saigon.
Mark Cave, Historic New Orleans Collection senior historian
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