I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.
One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.
Ginger Baker, Musician (1939) |
Bernard Baruch, Businessman (1870) |
John Cotton Dana, Author (1856) |
John Deacon, Musician (1951) |
Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman (1958) |
Malcolm Forbes, Publisher (1917) |
Peter Gallagher, Actor (1955) |
Henry Hampton, Activist (1940) |
Jill St. John, Actress (1940) |
Robert G. Allen, Politician (1963) |
Hugo Gernsback, Inventor (1967) |