Mtangulizi Sanyika

Mtangulizi Sanyika is the Project Manager of the AALP of New Orleans, and served as a political analyst for the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation during the recent New Orleans elections. He is a veteran Civil Rights/Black Power activist, a planner, policy analyst and organizational management specialist who has previously taught at Harvard, MIT, Brown, U. Mass., CAL-Berkeley and Dillard University. He can be reached at 504-242-8353.

Commentary

Nagin’s Re-Election As Mayor of New Orleans

By Mtangulizi Sanyika

Introduction and Background: In a remarkable turn in his political fortune, C. Ray Nagin, the troubled and often controversial Mayor of New Orleans, topped the ticket in the April 22nd primary and went on to win the May 20th runoff to become Mayor of the city. In both instances, he won with the overwhelming support…

Introduction and Background: In a remarkable turn in his political fortune, C. Ray Nagin, the troubled and often controversial Mayor of New Orleans, topped the ticket…

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