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Henry Loeb III (December 9, 1920 – September 8, 1992) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, who was mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, for two separate terms in the 1960s, from 1960 through 1963, and 1968 through 1971. [1]
Henry Loeb: 1960–1963 Claude Armour: 1963 William B. Ingram: 1963–1967 Henry Loeb (2nd term) 1968–1971 J. Wyeth Chandler: 1972–1982 Resigned from office to accept a circuit court judgeship J.O. Patterson, Jr. 1982 Served as interim mayor. First African-American mayor. Former State Representative (one term) and former State Senator (two ...
Mayor Henry Loeb refused to recognize the strike and rejected the City Council vote, insisting that only he possessed the power to recognize the union. [1] [4] [5] The Memphis sanitation strike prompted Martin Luther King Jr.'s presence, where he famously gave the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech a day before his assassination.
There is a through-line from the Memphis in May today, every year going back 46 years to 1977, when our character was tested in the toughest of times. ... Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb - a shotgun ...
The civil rights activist died in Memphis at 92. ... On Feb. 12, 1968, about 1,300 sanitation workers went on strike, demanding better working conditions and higher pay. Mayor Henry Loeb, however ...
1961 – Thirteen African American first graders join Memphis City Schools Henry Loeb becomes mayor. Population: 497,524. [9] 1965 – 100 North Main building and White Station Tower constructed. Lorraine Motel, site of the 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. 1968 January: Henry Loeb becomes mayor again. February 11: Memphis sanitation ...
January 21 2019 - Sara Lewis steps up on stage to receive her award from Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland during the 2019 MLK Luminary Awards at the Hall of Mayors in City Hall.
He was the adopted son of former Memphis mayor and U.S. Representative Walter Chandler. Chandler succeeded the controversial Henry Loeb, who battled local sanitation workers during a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis in April 1968.