Mayor A. C. Wharton – the delta review

Coors Memphis Celebrating the Southern Heritage Classic With John Williams and the A440 Band

John Shaw November 3, 2015 November 3, 2015

During the tailgating day at the Southern Heritage Classic, the ultimate destination is the official City of Memphis party sponsored by Coors Memphis, on what …

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Standing Against the Ku Klux Klan at the Heart of Memphis Rally at Tiger Lane, 3/30/13

John Shaw April 1, 2013 April 1, 2013

Saturday was the day the Ku Klux Klan was coming to Memphis to protest the city’s decision to rename three Confederate-named parks including one that …

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Come Downtown, Pay to Park and Get Robbed-Or Why Memphis Needs New Leaders

John Shaw February 3, 2013 February 3, 2013

Recently the Commercial-Appeal printed an editorial about soon-to-be-implemented changes that are coming to downtown parking. The newspaper gleefully reported as progress that Memphis will replace …

Mayor Wharton Honoring the Memphis Horns

John Shaw October 30, 2012 October 30, 2012

Mayor Wharton speaking on the timelessness of Memphis music at the Horns of Plenty reception in honor of the Memphis Horns (at Rock’n’Soul Museum)

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