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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...
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Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton challenged Cohen in the 2010
Democratic primary. In a
guest column in the
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
Herenton wrote that while...
- America.
Ferguson is an avid
critic of
former Memphis Mayor W. W.
Herenton. When
Herenton resigned and then
decided to run
again for
mayor not two w****s...
- candidates,
including Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner,
former mayor Willie Herenton, and
former Shelby County commission chair Van Turner.
Memphis law states...
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mayoral candidate in the city's history, W. W.
Herenton.
Despite his
incredibly narrow loss to
Herenton (172
votes out of
slightly over 248,000 cast),...
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Francisco mayor Bill Clinton,
former president of the
United States W. W.
Herenton,
former mayor of
Memphis Willie Sutton, a
prolific bank
robber Willy Wise...
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beating twelve of the
fifteen candidates. Ultimately, however,
Mayor Willie Herenton was
easily reelected. In 2000,
Lawler made a very
brief cameo appearance...
- all
three major candidates were
members of the
Democratic Party. W. W.
Herenton,
former Mayor of
Memphis and
former Superintendent of
Memphis City Schools...
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mayors were J. O.
Patterson Jr., W. W.
Herenton, and
Myron Lowery). He was the
second African American (after
Herenton) to be
elected to that office. In 2010...
- over Forrest's
grave and
rename Forrest Park.
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who is black,
blocked the move. In 2013,
Forrest Park in
Memphis was renamed...
