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Moon Landrieu was a New Orleans mayor of courage and consequence

By Quin Hillyer
Published September 7, 2022 6:18pm ET
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Moon Landrieu was a New Orleans mayor of courage and consequence
Moon Landrieu, the path-breaking former mayor of New Orleans who died Monday at age 92, got the big things, including the biggest thing of all, absolutely right. Landrieu pushed for and oversaw the racial integration of public life in the Crescent City. He did so when being for integration took moral courage. Whatever else Landrieu […]

Moon Landrieu, the path-breaking former mayor of New Orleans who died Monday at age 92, got the big things, including the biggest thing of all, absolutely right.

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