From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique.

WHAT HAPPENED Ernest “Dutch” 1718 ~ 2018 Morial became the city’s first black mayor 300 on May 2, 1978. TRICENTENNIAL

The Morials — Ernest N. “Dutch” and his son Marc, each had a lasting legacy in New Orleans — though both legacies are marked by dissent and controversy.

“Dutch” Morial who succeeded him as mayor. He refused became New to bow to demands in a police strike in 1979, Orleans’ first which effectively canceled Mardi Gras. black mayor in “I think he will also be remembered for 1978 and served his tenacity and pugnaciousness. He was THENEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE two terms. He certainly controversial, and I think will

THENEW ORLEANS HISTORICCOLLECTION was also the first be remembered for that also, and very African-Amer- fondly by some,” said former Mayor Moon The second term of , shown in ican graduate Landrieu after Dutch died in 1989. 1998, ended in 2002 and was tainted by an in- vestigation into his administration’s contracts. from Marc Morial also

Both Dutch and Marc Morial State Univer- clashed with the City tried to get the public to agree sity’s law school; Council as he worked to to lift term limits so they could the first black balance the city’s budget, run for a third term. assistant U.S. at- and led efforts to create LOYOLA UNIVERSITY

Lolis Elie, Rev. torney in Louisiana; the first black Louisiana an ethics board and in- THENEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE A.L. Davis, state legislator since reconstruction; and the spector general’s office. Ernest ‘Dutch’ Morial, the Rev. first African-American elected to the Loui- Morial expanded the John B. Morris siana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. city’s economy through and Oretha Marc Morial succeeded his father as tourism, including expan- Castle Haley, right, parade mayor in 1994 and served until 2002. Both sion of the city’s conven- Sybil Haydel Morial, shown with son Marc during the he and his father unsuccessfully tried to tion center, which his father built. Morial’s Sept. 30, 1963 in 1998, recalled her memories of New Freedom March push a change to the city’s charter to allow successes were tainted by indictments of Orleans in a 2015 memoir ‘Witness to in New Orleans. them to run for a third term. some in his inner circle. The former mayor Change: From Jim Crow to Political Em- powerment.’ Dutch Morial wouldn’t give in to police union demands during a “Dutch” was often at odds with the City has successfully served as the president of 1979 police strike, and lead the city to cancel Mardi Gras that year. Council, especially rival the since 2003.

NEW ORLEANS MAYORS: 1803-1804: ÉTIENNE DE BORÉ • 1804: CAVALIER PETIT • 1804-1805: • 1805-1807: JOHN WATKINS • 1807-1812: • 1812: CHARLES TRUDEAU • 1812: • 1812: LEBRETON DORGENOIS • 1812-1815: NICHOLAS GI- ROD • 1815-1820: AUGUSTIN DE MACARTY • 1820-1828: LOUIS PHILIPPE DE ROFFIGNAC • 1828-1838: DENIS PRIEUR • 1838: PAUL BERTUS • 1838-1840: CHARLES GENOIS • 1840-1842: WILLIAM FRERET • 1842-1843: DENIS PRIEUR • 1843: PAUL BERTUS • 1843-1844: WILLIAM FRERET • 1844-1846: JOSEPH MONTEGUT • 1846-1854: ABDIEL CROSSMAN • 1854-1856: JOHN L. LEWIS • 1856-1858: CHARLES W. WATERMAN • 1858: HENRY M. SUMMERS • 1858-1860: GERALD STITH • 1860-1862: JOHN T. MONROE • 1862-1866: OFFICE SUSPENDED – CITY OCCUPIED BY UNION ARMY • 1866-1867: JOHN T. MONROE • 1867-1868: EDWARD HEATH • 1868-1870: JOHN R. CONWAY • 1870-1872: • 1872-1874: LOUIS A. WILTZ • 1874-1876: CHARLES J. LEEDS • 1876-1878: EDWARD PILSBURY • 1878-1880: ISAAC W. PATTON • 1880-1882: JOSEPH A. SHAKSPEARE • 1882- 1884: WILLIAM J. BEHAN • 1884-1888: JOSEPH V. GUILLOTTE • 1888-1892: JOSEPH A. SHAKSPEARE • 1892-1896: • 1896-1900: WALTER C. FLOWER • 1900-1904: • 1904-1920: • 1920-1925: ANDREW J. MCSHANE • 1925-1926: MAR- TIN BEHRMAN • 1926-1929: ARTHUR J. O’KEEFE • 1929-1936: THOMAS S. WALMSLEY • 1936: ALBERT M. PRATT • 1936: FRED A. EARHART • 1936: JESSE S. CAVE • 1936-1946: • 1946-1961: CHEP MORRISON • 1961-1970: VICTOR H. SCHIRO • 1970-1978: MAURICE ‘MOON’ LANDRIEU • 1978-1986: ERNEST N. ‘DUTCH’ MORIAL • 1986-1994: SIDNEY BARTHELEMY • 1994-2002: MARC MORIAL • 2002-2010: • 2010-: