High Water: Dutch Morial’s Mayday

May 2, 1978 was to be a happy day in New Orleans, especially for Ernest “Dutch” Morial who stood at the podium built for the occasion in front of City Hall, to be inaugurated as mayor of New Orleans. Wearing a white suit, traditionally worn by mayors and council members taking the oath on a […]

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