Bernard Herman

"For the article about the film composer, see Bernard Herrmann."

Bernard Herman (1985-2007) was an activist who attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Herman, a native New Orleanian, was a frequent speaker and author on issues of social justice and inequality surrounding Hurricane Katrina, the government's response (or non-response) to it, and racial issues in New Orleans.

Herman was a writer and an avid participant in slam poetry. He often used it as a vehicle to express his emotions over the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, his love for his city, and challenges in his personal life.

Bernard Herman took his own life on Saturday, May 12, 2007 on the levee bordering the 17th Street Canal in the Lakewood South area of New Orleans on Bellaire Drive.

Herman was the son of Mollie and the late Avram Herman. Herman was educated at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans.

External links

* [http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2007/05/22/News/Bernard.Herman.08.Creative.Writer.Dies.At.21-2906352.shtml Bernard Herman '08, creative writer, dies at 21]
* [http://obits.nola.com/NOLA/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=88065250 Obituary: Bernard Hirsch Herman]
* [http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=104024&show_release_date=1 Sophomore says levee break "doomed" his New Orleans neighborhood]
* [http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=104056&show_release_date=1 Campus mobilizes to help victims of Hurricane Katrina]
* [http://my.brandeis.edu/groups/brandeisnews/item?news_item_id=103977 Brandeis student expects family home is destroyed by Hurricane Katrina]
* [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/09/04/brandeis_student_travels_ahead_of_the_storm/ Brandeis student travels ahead of the storm]
* [http://www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2005/09/06/News/Katrina.Devastates.Brandeis.Mounts.Response-976360.shtml?norewrite200611081952&sourcedomain=www.thejusticeonline.com Katrina devastates, Brandeis mounts response]