Marc Morial
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"Marc Haydel Morial" is an United States/American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League. Morial served as mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1994 to 2002. He is married to Michelle Miller, who has won awards as a CBS News Correspondent.

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We applaud Tyson for their compassion towards so many who have suffered through the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

A great American city is fighting for its life.

We'll rebuild, of course, ... But what made New Orleans is the polyglot, the tapestry, the mosaic, the gumbo. So the French Quarter gets most of the attention, but the Quarter feeds from the arteries of the neighborhoods.

Not to point fingers and assign blame. We've got to ensure that this won't happen again -- ensure accountability of all involved.

[Long ago, in his biography of seminal jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, my great-uncle Alan Lomax equated the city's contribution to American music with Florence's involvement in the arts of the Renaissance. But it was another city in Italy that seems closer to the mark now.] We've lost our city, ... I fear it's potentially like Pompeii.

You are demonstrating here in Houston that you are willing to be your brothers and sisters' keepers in a time of need.

Inevitable city on an impossible site.

We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.