New Orleans: the New "Chocolate City"...

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Author Message   Roxie "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Roxie Post Number: 542 Registered: 06-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 05:32 pm:        Man! I've hit the jackpot on news, haven't I? :D ------------------------------------------------- Mayor Nagin: New Orleans Will Be 'Chocolate' Again POSTED: 12:16 pm CST January 16, 2006 UPDATED: 10:17 am CST January 17, 2006 NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin told a crowd gathered at City Hall on Monday for a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that New Orleans will be "chocolate" again. New Orleans proper was more than 60 percent black before Hurricane Katrina displaced about three-quarters of its population, but sparing predominantly white neighborhoods. Along Martin Luther King Blvd., a grassy median near a King statue and memorial was cleaned up and landscaped in advance of today's. Many of the buildings nearby, including a major housing project nearby, are abandoned and in ruins, still bearing the water stains left behind by flooding. But Nagin promises that all of the city's residents will be encouraged to return and rebuild the neighborhoods they loved. Nagin said New Orleans will be a majority African American city. Copyright 2006 by WDSU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be http://www.wdsu.com/news/6151733/detail.html?rss=no&psp=news   Serenasailor Veteran Poster Username: Serenasailor Post Number: 51 Registered: 01-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 05:43 pm:        I don't think that his comments were wrong. I was a predominantly black city. And I hope that it remain a predominately black city.