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Moon Edwin Landrieu (born Maurice Edwin Landrieu; July 23, 1930 – September 5, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978.
Sep 5, 2022 · Moon Landrieu, who reshaped racial politics in one of the nation’s most polyglot and irrepressible cities, New Orleans, where he won the mayor’s office in 1970 with a rare coalition of white and...
Sep 6, 2022 · Moon Landrieu, the former Mayor of the City of New Orleans, died peacefully in his home on September 5th, 2022 at the age of 92. The love of his life, his wife, Verna, was at...
- July 23, 1930
- September 5, 2022
Sep 5, 2022 · Former New Orleans Mayor Maurice “Moon” Landrieu, who helmed the city for most of the 1970s before holding a Cabinet position in the Carter administration, died Monday at the age of 92, family ...
Sep 5, 2022 · Moon Landrieu, who faced down segregationists as a young Louisiana state legislator in the 1960s, integrated the New Orleans city government during his transformative years as mayor in the ’70s,...
- Emily Langer
Sep 5, 2022 · Moon Landrieu, a transformational New Orleans mayor who helped usher in the rise of Black political power at City Hall and whose passion for public service spawned a political dynasty, died...
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Sep 6, 2022 · Moon Landrieu was a progressive white Democrat who defied segregationists in the Louisiana legislature and integrated City Hall. He also served as President Carter's housing secretary and a judge, and had several children in law and politics.
