1966 folk song by Bob Lind, was written "to [Perez] and people like him", criticizing Perez's segregationist ideology. In 1970, Judge Perez Drive, a major thoroughfare in St. Bernard Parish, was named after him (it was formerly Goodchildren Drive). In 1999, the road was rededicated with the same name as an honor for the late Melvyn Perez, a long-time judge in St. Bernard Parish. (In 1978, nine years after Leander Perez's death, the Louisiana legislature had designated St. Bernard Parish as its own judicial district. Melvyn Perez served there.) References Further reading Books AV Media Websites External links FBI file on Leander Perez 1891 births 1969 deaths Hispanic and Latino American mayors American political bosses from Louisiana Louisiana Democrats Louisiana Dixiecrats Louisiana Isleño people American people of Spanish descent Louisiana state court judges People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church Politicians from New Orleans People from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana People from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Tulane University alumni Tulane University Law School alumni Citizens' Councils Old Right (United States) Lawyers from New Orleans Neo-Confederates Catholics from Louisiana School segregation in the United States 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers