USodolophu waseMemphis
Ngo-Oktobha 3, ngo-1991, uNomphis wakhetha iMeya yokuqala yase-Afrika-waseMelika, uDkt Willie Herenton. Ukususela ngoko, eli lizwe lithethiweyo kwaye ngezinye izikhathi liphikisana negosa lidibene nenani elikhulu labagxeki kunye nabalandeli. Ngaphandle kwezopolitiko, ke, yintoni oyaziyo ngokwenene dolophu? Ngezantsi uzakufumana i-biography emfutshane ebomini nasemsebenzini kaWillie Herenton.
Ukuzalwa noBantwana:
UWillie Wilbert Herenton wazalelwa eMemphis ngo-Aprili 23, 1940.
Wakhulela emzantsi eMelphis ngumama ongatshatanga. Njengomfana, wayenamaphupha okuba ngumqhubi webhokisi.
Imfundo kunye noMsebenzi wokuQala:
Ekugqibeleni wagqiba ekubeni wayefuna ukuya kwimfundo kwaye waya kwiikholeji eLimoyne-Owen. Emva kokugqiba kwakhe wafumana isikhundla sokuba utitshala wesikolo sasezikolweni. Wahamba waya kwi-Master's degree kwiNyuvesi yase-Memphis State waza waba yinqununu encinane yeMemis oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala. Emva kokufumana uDokotela wakhe kwiYunivesithi yase-Southern Illinois, waba ngumongameli weZikolo zeSixeko saseMemphis.
Ubomi bomntu:
U-Herenton wadibana nomfazi wakhe wexesha elizayo, u-Ida Jones, ngoxa wayeya eLemoyne-Owen. Aba babini batshata ngokukhawuleza. Bonke babenabantwana abathathu: uDuke, uRodney no-Andrea. Ngowe-1988, u-Herenton watshatyalaliswa u-Ida. Emva koko uza kuba ngumntwana wesine ngo-2004.
Umsebenzi wezopolitiko:
Ngo-1991, u-Herenton wangena emncintiswaneni weMemfisi-dolophu ekhuphuka ngokuchasene naye, uDick Hackett.
Kwakuyintambo esondeleyo kunye ne-Herenton ephumelele ngamavoti angama-142. Emva kokusebenza ngamagama amane alandelayo, i-dolophu yonyulwa ukuba ibe yintlanu yesihlanu ngo-Oktobha ka-2007, iphumelele kuphela ngama-42% evoti ethandwayo. Ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezintandathu emva koko, u-Herenton wamemezela isicwangciso sakhe sokuyeka emsebenzini wakhe njengoo dolophu, ngoJulayi 31, 2008.
Kamva wayeka ukuyeka kwakhe kwaye waqhubeka ekhonza njengomeya kaMemphis.
Ngonyaka ka-2009, u-Herenton wamemezela izicwangciso zakhe zokuqhuba i-US Congress ngokumelene no-Steve Cohen. Ngaloo phulo engqondweni, u-Herenton ushiye isikhundla sokuba ngodolophu ngoJulayi 30, 2009. Emva kweeveki ezimbini, ngo-Agasti 13, uWillilie Herenton wathola isikhalazo sokusebenza okhethweni olukhethekileyo kuMeya waseMemph oza kubanjwa ngo-Oktobha 15, 2009.
Ngo-2010, u-Herenton wagijimene noMongameli uSteve Cohen kwiDemocratic Primenti kwinxalenye yesithandathu ye-Congressional. I-Herenton ifumane i-20% kuphela yevoti kunye neCohen iphumelele. UChohen waqhubeka ukonyulwa kwiSihlalo se-9 saseChristian Tennessee.