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He was born the youngest of six children in Louisiana and nicknamed Dutch. The Morial family were devout Catholics and Ernest began his education at St. Louis Catholic School. He later attended Xavier Preparatory School. Morial graduated from Xavier University, a historically Black Catholic college, in 1951. At Xavier, the only historically Black Catholic College in the country at the time, he became president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first Black Greek Fraternity. Morial was mayor of New Orleans (1978-1986), a lawyer, and a judge in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Juvenile Court, Orleans Parish. He was also the first African-American assistant U.S. attorney and the first elected to the Louisiana Legislature since Reconstruction. Ernest Morial died on Dec. 24, 1989. Reference: Wikimedia Foundation 204 37th Avenue North Suite330 St. Petersburg, FL. 33704 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 to be a Politician
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