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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. He was the father of Marc Morial, who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002.
22 gen 2007 · In 1977 Morial was elected the first African American mayor of New Orleans, with 95% of the black vote, and 20% of the white vote, mostly from the city’s middle and upper-class Uptown neighborhoods. His leadership style was often described as arrogant and abrasive.
29 nov 2016 · Ernest Nathan “Dutch” Morial was a civil rights activist and political pioneer whose career included many firsts for an African American in Louisiana; foremost among them was his election as the first black mayor of New Orleans in 1977, a position he held for two terms through 1986.
14 nov 1977 · Ernest Nathan Mortal was born Oct. 9. 1929, the youngest of six children of French‐speaking middle‐class parents in New Orleans. His father, Walter, was a cigar maker, and his mother, Leonie, a...
25 dic 1989 · Ernest N. Dutch Morial, New Orleans' first black Mayor and a civil rights advocate in the 1950's and 1960's, died here last night after collapsing outside the home of a friend. He was 60...
In 1982, Morial was reelected Mayor of New Orleans, after defeating Ron Faucheux. Two years later, Morial was elected President of the United States Council of Mayors. Ernest Nathan Morial died suddenly and unexpectedly on December 24, 1989, of a cardiac arrest.
Morial, who was riding a wave of voter approval, introduced a measure to amend the charter. However, his proposal was defeated by referendum in 1985. Morial returned to private practice, and continued his political activism from a more powerful platform — the Democratic National Committee.
