Ernest Nathan Morial, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ernest Nathan Morial

American politician

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1989

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ernest Nathan Morial

  • Ernest Nathan Morial, known as Dutch Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American political figure and a leading civil rights advocate.
  • He was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986.
  • He was the father of Marc Morial, who subsequently served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002. Morial, a New Orleans native, grew up in the Seventh Ward.
  • His father was Walter Etienne Morial, a cigarmaker, and his mother was Leonie V.
  • (Moore) Morial, a seamstress.
  • He attended Holy Redeemer Elementary School and McDonogh No.
  • 35 Senior High School.
  • He graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1951.
  • In 1954, he became the first African American to receive a law degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
  • Morial came to prominence as a lawyer fighting to dismantle segregation and as president of the local from 1962 to 1965.
  • He followed in the cautious style of his mentor A.P.
  • Tureaud in preferring to fight for Civil and political rights in courtroom battles,rather than through sit-ins and demonstrations.
  • After unsuccessful electoral races in 1959 and 1963, he became the first black member of the Louisiana State Legislature since Reconstruction when he was elected in 1967 to represent a district in New Orleans' Uptown neighborhood.
  • He ran for an at-large position on New Orleans' City Council in 1969 and 1970, and lost narrowly.
  • He then became the first black Juvenile Court judge in Louisiana in 1970.
  • When he was elected to the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1974, he was the first black American to have attained this position as well.

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