Memphis doesn't have a united Black leadership. The Mayor, King Willie Herenton, holds onto a decent chunk of the Black vote while scaring White voters into supporting him because he knows they don't want the Fords completely controlling the city. He is opposed by the Fords, and other lesser Black power-hustlers, doing nada for their people and lining their pockets.
Interesting!
Again, I assumed that the Ford family pretty much called the shots in Memphis.
Surprising that Herenton could get elected w/o the blessing of the Corleone...I mean Ford family.