Mitch Landrieu

Mitch Landrieu: A White Southerner Confronts History

by Chris Riback

There was really no way for the city of New Orleans to prepare itself for the next 300 years without dealing with its Confederate statues, he says in an interview.

Former New Orleans mayor presented with JFK award for removing Confederate statues

The award, established by members of the Kennedy family to honor JFK after his 1963 assassination, recognizes and celebrates “the quality of political courage that he admired most,” according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

New Orleans mayor to receive Profile in Courage Award for removing Confederate monuments

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, created in 1989, is presented annually to public servants “who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for the personal or professional consequences.”

Confederate 'monuments were a lie,' Mitch Landrieu says on '60 Minutes'

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday evening (March 11), during which he described the four Confederate monuments he removed as "a lie," and discussed how they had been erected as an attempt to redefine history.

Review of Mitch Landrieu’s “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History”

by Ron Briley

The real value of “In the Shadow of Statues” is how Landrieu expands upon the ideas of his May 2017 speech to confront the shadow that slavery continues to cast over Southern and American history.

Landrieu apologizes for city's role in slave trade

As the debate rages over the confederate flag in parts of the South, Mayor Mitch Landrieu held a forum to talk about race relations in New Orleans and around the country.