Nagin supporters were quick to say that although the mayor chose his words poorly, he was delivering a political message supported by most citizens: that there would be a place for all black ...

TOMIKO BROWN-NAGIN: If we can get to a point where it's not so significant that a Black woman is appointed to some prestigious position, then we will have come closer to the dream of equality that ...

Black people jammed into the federal courthouse ... unconstitutional marked the beginning of an intense battle. Brown-Nagin vividly captures how the seasoned legal team pushed to enforce the ...

"He just wasn't up to it." But missteps and verbal gaffes — such as when Nagin, who is black, said New Orleans should repopulate as a "chocolate city" during a 2006 speech — overshadowed many ...

Beneath that relatively innocuous image is a meme of Nagin in a prison jumpsuit, altered to look like an ad for the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black," a comedy series portraying life ...

His approval rating shot up to 80 percent. In the black community, the fizzling of these early successes did less to hurt Nagin’s reputation than the perception that he was disloyal—to the ...

Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006 despite mounting criticism of his post-Katrina leadership. But the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and ...

Brown-Nagin juxtaposes Motley’s attempts to find ... Johnson appointed her to the Southern District of New York, making her the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.

Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006 despite widespread criticism of his post-Katrina leadership. But the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and ...

Writer and commentator Jimi Izrael offers his views on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's comments about welcoming black residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina back to their "chocolate city" — a ...

Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006 despite widespread criticism of his post-Katrina leadership. But the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and ...