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Willie Wilbert Herenton (born April 23, 1940) is an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was elected as the first elected African-American Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee . [ 1 ] He was elected to five consecutive terms and abruptly resigned the position mid-way through his fifth term in 2009.
Myron Lowery is an American politician who served as the Mayor Pro Tem of Memphis, Tennessee, from July 31, 2009 to October 26, 2009. He is a former television news anchor for WMC-TV 5 in Memphis. Mayor Pro Tem Lowery has served on the Memphis City Council since 1991.
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W. W. Herenton: 1992–2009 First elected African-American mayor Myron Lowery: Myron Lowery: 2009 (Mayor pro tem) 3rd African-American mayor A C Wharton: 2009–2015 Jim Strickland: 2016–2024 Paul Young: 2024–present 5th African-American mayor
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has received a donation of 75 significant works — including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and videos — by Black artists, museum officials ...
Willie W. Herenton — the former city schools superintendent who was mayor of Memphis from 1992 to 2009 — said this made an impression. “I was covered by so many reporters, but I remember ...
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851–1912), painter, educator; taught from c. 1876 to 1912 [15] [16] Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter of human figure and animals [97] Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), impressionist portrait artist, first woman to teach art at PAFA, from 1895 to 1915 [8]
Carl Johnson, pictured above in the Aug. 8, 1972 edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, died Dec. 26, 2023. He was 88 years old, and the longest serving elected school board official.