On the recordJanuary 15, 2006
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.
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Ray Nagin
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transcripts.cnn.comRay 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…”
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Nagin calls for unity among the African-American community to rebuild New Orleans.
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