Papers 1956-1980.

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Papers 1956-1980.

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First Afro-American to: graduate from Louisiana State University Law School, to be elected to the Louisiana legislature in the 20th century, to be a judge, and to be Mayor of New Orleans. Collection contains correspondence, speeches, judicial decisions, financial records, political campaign materials, motion picture film, video tape, press clippings.

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989

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