Can anyone name a high-violent crime area that is NOT a Democrat stronghold?
MEMPHIS, TENN.
TOTAL POPULATION: 652,640 BLACK POPULATION: 307,702 (47 percent) MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: $14,039 BLACK MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: $9,237
Tennessee’s largest city lies on a bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River in much the same way that the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, for which it is named, lay on the Nile River. But the challenges facing Memphis are uniquely its own. Gains for Blacks here have been hard-fought and hard-won. Undeniably, the problems facing the city are sizeable, but there are more Black problem solvers than ever before. Rep. Harold Ford (D.-Memphis) is in his eighth term as congressman of the Ninth Congressional Distribt comprised solely of Memphis. Within the past four years, four Blacks have been appointed as directors of major city departments, including police, housing, treasury and personnel. Director of Police James Ivy says, “The mere fact that I am where I am today is one of the major accomplishments.” Memphis also has four Black city council members and four Black county commissioners. This year, construction was begun on the National Civil Rights Museum to e erected at the site of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was assassinated.
And if Jesse Jackson succeeds in getting voting rights for felons, even more so.