IMeya yaseMemphis
Ngo-Okthoba 3, 1991, uMemphis wakhetha iMeya yaseMelika yaseMelika, uDkt Willie Herenton. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lesi sikhulu esiphezulu nesiphambano esiphikisanayo siye sahlanganisa inani elikhulu labagxeka nabasekeli. Ngaphandle kwezepolitiki, yilokho owazi ngempela ngameya? Ngezansi uzothola i-biography emfushane ekuphileni nasemsebenzini kaWillie Herenton.
Ukuzalwa nokuBantwana:
UWillie Wilbert Herenton wazalelwa eMemphis ngo-Ephreli 23, 1940.
Wakhulela eningizimu yeNemphis ngumama ongayedwa. Lapho esemusha, wayenamaphupho okuba umqeqeshi we-boxer.
Imfundo Nemisebenzi Yokuqala:
Ekugcineni wagcina ukuthi ufuna ukuya emfundweni futhi waya ekolishi eLemoyne-Owen. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, wathola isikhundla njengothisha wesikole sasekhaya. Uqhubekile ukuthola i-Master's Degree yakhe eMemphis State University futhi waba yinhloko esemncane kunazo zonke uNomphis eneminyaka engu-27 ubudala. Ngemva kokuthola uDokotela wakhe wase-Southern Illinois University, waba ngumqondisi weMemphis City Schools.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu:
U-Herenton wahlangana nomkakhe wesikhathi esizayo, u-Ida Jones, ngesikhathi eya eLemoyne-Owen. Laba bobabili basanda kushada. Bonke babenabantwana abathathu: uDuke, Rodney no-Andrea. Ngo-1988, i-Herenton yahlukanisa i-Ida. Ngekuhamba kwesikhathi uzothatha ingane yesine ngo-2004.
Umsebenzi wezombangazwe:
Ngo-1991, u-Herenton wangena emncintiswaneni weMeyi yaseMemis ekhuphuka ngokumelene noDick Hackett.
Kwakuwumncintiswano oseduze no-Herenton onqobile ngamavoti angu-142 kuphela. Ngemuva kokusebenza ngamagama amane alandelanayo, i-mayor yakhethwa ukuba ibe yilapho engakaze ibe khona ngonyaka wesihlanu ngo-Okthoba ka-2007, ngokuphumelela ngamaphesenti angu-42 kuphela okuvota. Kungakapheli izinyanga eziyisithupha, u-Herenton wamemezela uhlelo lwakhe lokuyeka emsebenzini wakhe njengameya, ukusebenza ngoJulayi 31, 2008.
Kamuva wahoxisa ukuyeka kwakhe futhi waqhubeka ekhonza njengomphathi waseMemphis.
Ngo-2009, u-Herenton wamemezela izinhlelo zakhe zokugibela i-US Congress ngokumelene no-Steve Cohen. Ngalo mkhankaso engqondweni, u-Herenton wasula esikhundleni sokuba ngameya ngoJulayi 30, 2009. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili kuphela, ngo-Agasti 13, uWillie Herenton wathola isikhalazo sokusebenza okhethweni olukhethekile eMeya kaMemphis ezoba ngo-Okthoba 15, 2009.
Ngo-2010, u-Herenton wagijima ngokumelene neCongressman uSteve Cohen eDemocratic Primary yesikhulu esine-9th Congress. I-Herenton ithole ama-20% kuphela evoti futhi uChohen unqobe okuyinhloko. UChohen waqhubeka ukukhethwa esikhundleni esihlalweni sika-9 se-Congressional eTennessee.