Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is the mayor of New Orleans. He was first elected on March 2, 2002, to succeed his fellow Democrat Marc Morial. Nagin gained international notoriety in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area.
Nagin was born on June 11, 1956, in New Orleans's Charity Hospital, to a low-income family. His childhood was typical of the urban poor within the city, and his father he...
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Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is the mayor of New Orleans. He was first elected on March 2, 2002, to succeed his fellow Democrat Marc Morial. Nagin gained international notoriety in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area.
Nagin was born on June 11, 1956, in New Orleans's Charity Hospital, to a low-income family. His childhood was typical of the urban poor within the city, and his father held three jobs; a janitor at New Orleans City Hall by night, a fabric cutter at the Haspel Brothers clothing factory by day, and a mechanic at Borden's Dairy, to gain sufficient money to support his family, as well as Nagin's education. His mother was employed at a lunch counter in a Kmart store. The family lived on Allen Street in the 7th Ward, followed by a stay at Treme, and then a move to Cutoff section of Algiers when Nagin was a young teenager. Nagin studied at O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans, and was proficient at basketball...
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