Ask the Memphian: What were the closest elections in Memphis history?
"Boss" Crump wields his cane. E.H. Crump among a group, holds out his cane. (Courtesy Memphis DIG)
On the eve of the 1991 Memphis mayoral election, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King III joined candidate Willie Herenton for an event at Cathedral of Bountiful Blessings.
More than 4,000 people piled into the pews to hear them speak, and the crowd size was an indication of the excitement surrounding the campaign.
“This was not a typical campaign,” Herenton said. “It was a movement.”
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John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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