It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans.
Ray Nagin: “It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New…”
On the recordJanuary 16, 2006
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Ray Nagin
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Mayor Nagin calls for unity and emphasizes the importance of African-Americans in the city's future.
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