L. Monique McKenna collection

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L. Monique McKenna collection

2004

https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/771

The L. Monique McKenna collection consists of two oral history interviews conducted by McKenna with former New Orleans mayors Sidney Barthelemy and Marc H. Morial in 2004. In the Barthelemy interview, he discusses his family and early work history, his political involvement, his tenures in the Louisiana State Senate and as New Orleans Mayor, and accusations of patronage. Marc H. Morial discusses his family history, Creole culture, the career of his father, Ernest Morial, his political involvement, his tenures in the Louisiana State Senate and as New Orleans Mayor, crime prevention, and race and politics. The interviews are in CD format and are accompanied by printed time-coded outlines and transcripts.

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11660087

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Barthelemy, Sidney John, 1942-

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Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure. The second African American to hold the New Orleans mayoral chair, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1974 to 1978 and a member at-large of the New Orleans City Council from 1978 to 1986. He served as mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1986 to 1994. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in New Orleans, he grew up in the Seventh Ward, and attended Corpus Christi Elementary School and St...