Mtsogoleri wa Memphis
Pa October 3, 1991, Memphis anasankha mayina wawo woyamba ku Africa ndi America, Dr. Willie Herenton. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, mkulu wotsutsa komanso wotsutsana naye wadzaza chiwerengero chachikulu cha otsutsa ndi othandizira. Kuwonjezera pa ndale, kodi mumadziwa chiyani za meya? M'munsimu mungapeze mbiri yochepa pa moyo ndi ntchito ya Willie Herenton.
Kubadwa ndi Ubwana:
Willie Wilbert Herenton anabadwira ku Memphis pa April 23, 1940.
Anakulira kum'mwera kwa Memphis ndi amayi amodzi. Ali wachinyamata, ankalakalaka kukhala katswiri wa bokosi.
Maphunziro ndi Ntchito Yoyamba:
Pambuyo pake adaganiza kuti akufuna kupita ku maphunziro ndi kupita ku koleji ku Lemoyne-Owen. Atamaliza maphunzirowo adapeza malo ngati mphunzitsi wa sukulu. Anapitiriza kupeza Dipatimenti ya Mbuye Wake ku University of Memphis State ndipo anakhala mtsogoleri wachinyamata kwambiri wa Memphis ali ndi zaka 27. Atalandira Doctorate wake kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Southern Illinois, adakhala woyang'anira wa Memphis City Schools.
Moyo Waumwini:
Herenton anakumana ndi mkazi wake wamtsogolo, Ida Jones, akupita ku Lemoyne-Owen. Aŵiriwa posakhalitsa anakwatira. Onse pamodzi anali ndi ana atatu: Duke, Rodney, ndi Andrea. Mu 1988, Herenton anasudzulana Ida. Pambuyo pake adzabereka mwana wachinayi mu 2004.
Ntchito Zandale:
Mu 1991, Herenton inalowa mu mpikisano wa Memphis mayor omwe akulimbana ndi Dick Hackett.
Unali mtundu wapamwamba ndipo Herenton wapambana ndi mavoti 142 okha. Atatha kugwira ntchito zinayi zotsatirazi, meya adasankhidwa kukhala chaka chachisanu mu October wa 2007, kupambana ndi 42 peresenti ya voti yotchuka. Pasanathe miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, Herenton adalengeza cholinga chake chokhazikitsa udindo wake monga Meya, pa July 31, 2008.
Pambuyo pake anachotsa ntchito yake yodzipatula ndipo anapitiriza kutumikira monga meya wa Memphis.
Mu 2009, Herenton adalengeza kuti akukonzekera kukamenyana ndi US Congress, Steve Cohen. Pogwiritsa ntchito ntchitoyi, Herenton anagonjetsa mayina pa July 30, 2009. Patadutsa milungu iwiri yokha, pa August 13, Willie Herenton anapempha pempho kuti apite kumsonkhano wapadera wa Meya wa Memphis kuti ukachitike pa October 15, 2009.
Mu 2010, Herenton inamenyana ndi Congressman Steve Cohen ku Democratic Primary kwa a 9th Congressional district. Herenton adalandira voti 20% yokha ndipo Cohen adagonjetsa choyambirira. Cohen anapitanso kukasankhidwa ku mpando wa 9 wa Congressional Tennessee.