Milvirtha Knight Hendricks (February 27, 1920 - July 20, 2009) was an African American woman who, on September 1, 2005, was photographed by Eric Gay of the Associated Press outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center huddled in one of several American flag blankets given to her and to several other disaster victims, two days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
Milvirtha Knight Hendricks (February 27, 1920 - July 20, 2009), an African American woman, was photographed by Eric Gay of the Associated Press on September 1, 2005, outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She was among several disaster victims given American flag blankets.