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After graduating from Le Moyne-Owen, Herenton began working at Memphis City Schools as a fifth-grade teacher in Memphis. During the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, Herenton marched in solidarity with the sanitation workers; however, the choice to march with Martin Luther King, Jr. and wear the sign declaring "I AM A MAN" resulted in threats of termination and ostracism from school district ...
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
After serving on the school board, Johnson was brought on to former Mayor Willie Herenton's administration as his director of legislative affairs. He served during Herenton's first term and ...
Willie Herenton: Van Turner Party Democratic: Democratic: Popular vote 18,990 18,778 Percentage 21.49% 21.25% Results by precinct Young: ...
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton spoke at the funeral, recalling the two men’s longtime partnership and friendship. During his tenure as mayor, Herenton had appointed Wilkins to the Memphis ...
A C Wharton was first elected Mayor of Memphis in a 2009 special election following the resignation of Mayor Willie Herenton; he was elected to a full term in 2011. As mayor, Wharton oversaw the city's response to the 2009 recession and subsequent budget cuts.
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Strickland emphasized job growth and an increase in the number of police officers on the Memphis Police Department, while Willie Herenton and Tami Sawyer criticized the city's crime rate. Sawyer emphasized a generational change in leadership and her activism surrounding the removal of Confederate statues in 2017.