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Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American politician and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first black mayor of New Orleans , serving from 1978 to 1986. [ 1 ]
Ernest Morial 90,539 51.78% Joe DiRosa 84,325 48.22% Preceded by 1973 mayoral election: New Orleans mayoral elections: Succeeded by 1982 mayoral election: Sources
Incumbent Mayor Ernest 'Dutch' Morial, the city's first African-American mayor; Ron Faucheux, a white 31-year-old member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who had represented District 100 in New Orleans East since 1976. State Senator William J. Jefferson
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is located in Downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The lower end of building one is located 1,640 feet (500 m) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. It is named after former Mayor of New Orleans Ernest Nathan Morial.
William J. Jefferson – a Louisiana state Senator and later congressman who had run unsuccessfully against Dutch Morial in the 1982 mayoral race. This time, Jefferson was endorsed by Morial and his LIFE organization, as well as by the city's black Protestant clergy and by the AFL-CIO. He promised a strengthened minority set-aside program ...
Marc Morial, a first-term state senator, and the son of New Orleans's first black mayor Ernest Morial; Donald Mintz, a lawyer and civic activist who had previously run for mayor in 1990. Mitch Landrieu, a State Representative since 1987 and the son of former New Orleans mayor Moon Landrieu
Ernest Nathan Morial: Member of the New Orleans City Council; In office 1986–1994: Succeeded by: Two at-large members: Peggy Wilson. Jim Singleton: Personal details; Born August 10, 1928 New Orleans, Louisiana, US: Died: August 18, 2000 (aged 72) New Orleans, Louisiana: Political party: Democratic: Spouse(s) Johnny Taylor, Jr. (married 1948 ...
Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader; Marc Morial, former mayor, son of Ernest Nathan Morial; deLesseps Story Morrison, former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States; deLesseps Morrison Jr., late state representative