Leander Henry Perez Sr. (July 16, 1891 – March 19, 1969) was an American Democratic Party political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern...
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enforcing strict racial segregation. Upon his death, his sons Leander Perez Jr., and Chalin O. Perez were elected as the dominant political figures of the parish...
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OPSB and board member Emile Wagner. Gerald Rault, assisted by Judge Leander Perez, was the legal counsel in the case against the integration of public...
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above Leander H. McNelly (1844–1877), Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain Leander Paes (born 1973), Indian tennis player Leander Perez (1891–1969)...
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and illustrator Laura Pérez Vernetti (born 1958), Spanish cartoonist and illustrator Leander Perez, Louisiana judge Lisandro Pérez (born 2000), Venezuelan...
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presidential election. Some Southern diehards,[clarification needed] such as Leander Perez of Louisiana, attempted to keep it in existence in their districts....
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Grace, at the urging of long-time southeastern Louisiana political boss Leander Perez, questioned Boggs's membership in the American Student Union in the...
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Parishes, Judge Leander Perez (died March 1969). However, in the late 1990s, St. Bernard officials chose to distance themselves from Leander Perez's segregationist...
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tunnels infested with snakes and flooded with water". In the 1960s, Leander Perez threatened to turn Fort St. Philip into a prison for advocates of desegregation...
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incited violence, such as lynchings, shootings, rapes and arson, as did Leander Perez during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis. In some cases, Council...
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County Sheriff Jim Clark; former Mississippi governor Ross Barnett; Leander Perez, a fervent Louisiana segregationist and anti-Semite; Kent Courtney,...
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then term-limited President Ernesto Pérez Balladares during an election where opposition figures suggested that Perez Balladares was hoping to convey the...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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with automatic generators taking over if the machinery fails. Judge Leander Perez enabled the tunnel's construction by passing a constitutional amendment...
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rigged by Plaquemines Parish boss Leander Perez. At a stormy session of the state Democratic committee, Long attacked Perez and Grace for attacking Boggs...
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to 1969, the parish was effectively ruled as part of the fiefdom of Leander Perez, a local Democratic official in neighboring Plaquemines Parish. In 1868...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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depends on that, whether or not it's able to ask [itself] that question." Leander Perez as himself Dorothy Counts as herself Joan Crawford in Dance, Fools,...
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Marrero Alcide Núñez Samuel B. Núñez, Jr. Darrell Ourso Irván "Puco" Pérez Leander Pérez Matthew Randazzo V Henry "Junior" Rodríguez Paul Sanchez United States...
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the area was involved in a political skirmish between the infamous Leander Perez and Governor Sam Houston Jones, resulting in the 'Invasion of Point...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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former United States Secretary of Energy John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly Leander Perez, Democratic political boss of Plaquemines...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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Robert Shelton, Grand Wizard of the United Klans of America (D-AL) Leander Perez, Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes (D-LA)...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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Magnet High School Chalmette National Cemetery Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. Leander Perez Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve The Colony U.S. TV...
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Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill 1997 Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster J. Bennett Johnston Melinda...
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on the committee agenda. Eastland's closest friend and confidant was Leander Perez. Eastland died on February 19, 1986. While at a fundraiser on June 18...
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