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    deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison Sr. (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans,...
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  • deLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison Jr. (March 11, 1944 – August 21, 1996) was an American lawyer and international business developer and a Democratic member...
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  • painter deLesseps Story Morrison, Jr. (1944–1996; nicknamed "Toni"), American lawyer, business consultant, and politician deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912–1964;...
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  • Louisiana 1946–1961 deLesseps Morrison Jr. (1944–1996), Louisiana politician and son of deLesseps Story Morrison Des Morrison (boxer), Jamaican/British...
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    vote was needed. His closest competitor was New Orleans mayor deLesseps Story Morrison. Like most Southern states between the Reconstruction Era and the...
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  • Army lieutenant general DeLesseps Story Morrison (1912–1964), U.S. Army Reserve major general Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison (1867–1925), Canadian Army...
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    and allowed young reformer deLesseps Story Morrison Sr. to defeat Maestri in the mayoral election of January 1946. Morrison served until 1961. Long, Huey...
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    Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison, to return home rule to the Crescent City, which at the time was being virtually governed out of Baton Rouge. Morrison agreed...
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    in Bourbon Street clubs, which took on new urgency under Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison, reached a crescendo with District Attorney Jim Garrison's raids...
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    alleged that a supermarket tabloid paid Flowers $175,000 for sharing her story, and that "the mainstream media got sucker-punched" by her allegations....
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    in 1973 U.S. Supreme Court landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade. deLesseps Story Morrison (1912–1964), born in New Roads, elected four times as mayor of...
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    charter of 1954, Schiro was elected councilman-at-large. When deLesseps Story Morrison resigned his position as mayor in 1961 to become United States...
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    "Louisiana reform means early release for 2,000 prisoners; see 4 of their stories". The Advocate. Retrieved July 9, 2018. "Democratic Louisiana governor...
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  • Ellender Gillis William Long 1995 Camille Gravel Sam Hanna Sr. deLesseps Story Morrison Zachary Taylor Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville...
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    Clements of Oberlin in Allen Parish, freshman U.S. Representative James H. Morrison of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, and Sam Caldwell, the mayor of Shreveport...
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    original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020. "A Huey P. Newton Story". PBS. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved February...
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    Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and...
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    Louisiana politicians, such as Senator John H. Overton and Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison Sr. of New Orleans, who controlled the city's powerful Crescent...
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    Ernest Nathan Morial deLesseps Story Morrison, former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States deLesseps Morrison Jr., late state representative...
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    Long was portrayed by Ann Dowd in the 1995 television movie Kingfish: A Story of Huey Long. On February 1, 2014, Mrs. Long was posthumously inducted into...
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    May 27, 1991. "...From the Sea". Overbye, Dennis (2008-08-05). "Inside Story of the Telescope That Nearly Wasn't Built". The New York Times. Retrieved...
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    Ellender Gillis William Long 1995 Camille Gravel Sam Hanna Sr. deLesseps Story Morrison Zachary Taylor Edward Douglass White 1996 Louis Berry James Carville...
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  • segregationist, insinuating that his chief rival (New Orleans mayor deLesseps Story Morrison) was an integrationist supported by the NAACP. McKeithen won the...
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  • and Morehouse parishes (R) DeLesseps Morrison, Jr., late state representative from Orleans Parish (D) DeLesseps Story Morrison, late New Orleans mayor and...
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    1964 – November 7, 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson Preceded by deLesseps Story Morrison Succeeded by Sol Linowitz United States Ambassador to India In...
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  • Haight Morrison, IV Jacob Haight Morrison, IV (1905–1974), historical preservationist in New Orleans, half-brother of deLesseps Story Morrison deLesseps Story...
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    14, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2010. Dennis Shere, Cain's Redemption: A Story of Hope and Transformation in America's Bloodiest Prison. Northfield Publishing...
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