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Leander Perez 1891-1969) was once more than simply any other Neanderthal segregationist. He was once a political boss who held absolute power in Plaquemines Parish to an extent unsurpassed by any parish leader in Louisiana’s history. Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta is his full history.
A bit of a social reformer, a political figure of national stature, an oil tycoon worth millions of dollars, Perez was once known to all and sundry, including himself, as the Pass judgement on, even supposing the place of job he held for most of his career was once that of district attorney. He got his political start within the early 1920s, when Huey Long was once beginning to draw statewide attention. But, even after Long was once gunned down in 1935, the Pass judgement on continued to dominate life within the lower delta for thirty-four years, until he died from a heart attack in 1969. Above all, Perez relished power, and the essence of his might lay in his skill as a backroom broker and in his personal friendships with such idologues as J. Strom Thurmond, Ross Barnett, Lester Maddox, Orval Faubus, and George Wallace. his grip at the parish was once partly economic and partly political, and it was once enforced by an iron will stronger than the will of every other man within the lower delta.