Katrina 10
The president met with residents in the community on the anniversary of the storm.
"It was a tale of two cities."
"New Orleans is back on the map."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Research has found that low-income African-American mothers were some of the hardest-hit by the storm.
"It's not just a matter of let's go back to where we were. It’s where do we want to be."
In 2015, any one of these pictures would go viral. In 2005, they slipped through the cracks.
“New Orleans is in your blood. The attitude was, we’re going to do this, we’re going to open back up, slowly but surely.”
"This is a city that slowly, unmistakably, together, is moving forward.”
Residents agree that minorities and poorer people were less supported by recovery efforts than were wealthy, middle-class and white residents.