‘When he was mayor, we didn’t have as much crime’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 05, 2023 1:45 PM CT | Published: October 05, 2023 12:15 PM CT

Voter Cheryl Colbert recalls the city during Willie Herenton’s previous tenure as mayor — five terms from the early 1990s to 2009 — as a safer place to live.  

Keely Brewer

Keely Brewer

Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.


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