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'''Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr.''' (born June 11, 1956) is the former [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served from 2002 to 2010. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. He first gained national prominence in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], when his failed evacuation of the city led to the death of some one thousand citizens; he was better known for blaming the deaths on the [[Republican Party|Republican]] administration than for his inaction with led to the deaths. His response to the hurricane was criticized, mainly for not allowing hundreds of New Orleans buses that could have been used for evacuation. He also sparked controversy on [[Martin Luther King]] Day 2006, when he said about New Orleans rebuilding,

'''Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr.''' (born June 11, 1956), is the former [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served from 2002 to 2010. A  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he gained national prominence in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, when his failed evacuation of the city led to the death of some one thousand citizens; he blamed the deaths on the [[George W. Bush]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] administration. Nagin's critics though said the deaths were caused by the mayor's inaction. He forbid the use of hundreds of New Orleans city buses that could have been used for evacuation. He also sparked controversy on [[Martin Luther King]] Day 2006, when he said of the rebuilding of New Orleans:

"We ask black people: it's time. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a [[chocolate]] New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day.

"We ask black people: it's time. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a [[chocolate]] New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority [[African-American]] city. It's the way [[God]] wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way."<ref>http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/news/t-p/stories/011706_nagin_transcript.html</ref>

This city will be a majority [[African-American]] city. It's the way [[God]] wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way."<ref>http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/news/t-p/stories/011706_nagin_transcript.html</ref>

After the statement, he insisted he wasn't being divisive: "How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about." He subsequently apologized for the statement.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/</ref>

After the statement, he insisted he wasn't being divisive.

In 2006, Nagin became involved in further controversy when he referred to Ground Zero in [[New York City]] as a "hole in the ground". He was critical of the rebuilding effort there. He was ineligible to seek a third term as mayor in 2010, and the position went to fellow Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], then the Louisiana lieutenant governor.

"How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about."

In 2014, former Mayor Nagin was convicted on twenty of twenty-one charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to bribes from city contractors before and after Hurricane Katrina. He was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/ray_nagin_trial_live_coverage_10.html|title=Live Coverage: Ray Nagin convicted, guilty on 20 charges|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune|author=Robert McClendon|date=February 12, 2014|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>

 

Although he would go on to apologize.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/</ref>

 

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