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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sybil Haydel Morial, a civil rights activist, widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Dutch Morial, and mother to former Mayor, Marc Morial, has died at age 91. Her family ...

About Sybil Haydel Morial: Sybil Morial was the mother of Marc Morial, who is also a former mayor of New Orleans. Sybil was an activist, educator, and author. She worked as the associate dean at ...

Morial, the city’s first Black mayor, she fought for equal rights for Black women. By Adam Nossiter Adam Nossiter is an obituary writer for The Times based in New Orleans. Sybil Haydel Morial ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial joins Ana Cabrera to react to the tragedy on Bourbon Street where a person plowed a vehicle into a crowd and killed at least ten people. Top US vaccine ...

HER SON, MARK MORIAL, WOULD ALSO GO ON TO SERVE AS MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS. REALLY CEMENTING THE FAMILY’S LEGACY IN THE CITY THAT THEY TIRELESSLY WORKED TO NURTURE AND PROTECT. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ...

New Orleans City Hall The motivations ... top elected official was losing the ability to lead. Marc Morial, who served two terms as mayor from 1994 to 2002 and now heads the national Urban ...

Troy Carter, D-Louisiana said. “Sybil Haydel Morial is a giant in New Orleans history, and I know the entire city mourns her passing,” former Mayor Mitch Landrieu said. “Few women have ...

All five of Sybil and the late and former New Orleans mayor Ernest “Dutch” Morial’s children also reflected on their mother’s life. “My mother brought out the best in people, starting ...

Like so many New Orleanians, Sybil Haydel Morial was displaced by Hurricane Katrina nearly two decades ago. Like them, she lost cherished belongings, mementos and photographs to the surging waters ...