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Author : Rodney A. Grunes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)
Download or read book City and County Consolidation in the City of Memphis and Shelby County written by Rodney A. Grunes and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission (1962)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Shelby Unity Plan written by Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission (1962) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Quarterly Court of Shelby County, Tennessee Committee on School Consolidation written by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Charter of the Consolidated Government of Memphis and Shelby County written by Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wanda Rushing
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 080789561X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Memphis and the Paradox of Place written by Wanda Rushing and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy--the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination--and a city typically marginalized by scholars and underestimated by its own residents. Using this iconic southern city as a case study, Wanda Rushing explores the significance of place in a globalizing age. Challenging the view that globalization renders place generic or insignificant, Rushing argues that cultural and economic distinctiveness persists in part because of global processes, not in spite of them. Rushing weaves her analysis into stories about the history and global impact of blues music, the social and racial complexities of Cotton Carnival, and the global rise of FedEx, headquartered in Memphis. She portrays Memphis as a site of cultural creativity and global industry--a city whose traditions, complex past, and specific character have had an influence on culture worldwide.
Author : W. E. Lyons
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813194717
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Politics of City-County Merger written by W. E. Lyons and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although city-county consolidation has been urged for years as a solution for many urban problems, relatively few communities have come to the point of offering such an option to the voters and in most of the communities that have done so, the voters have rejected the idea. In 1972 the voters of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, approved consolidation by a better than two-to- one margin. W. E. Lyons examines this victory for consolidation, comparing the Lexington setting with other places where merger has been attempted. For the first time in the literature, the details of actually drafting a consolidated city-county charter are described. Lyons shows that if either the city or the county government is hostile, the resulting problems are sufficient to stymie the whole undertaking. Even under the most favorable of conditions it is difficult for a commission of thirty citizens to develop the skills and maintain the patience and spirit of compromise necessary to produce a workable charter, acceptable to all members. This examination of a successful consolidation fight includes the results of several surveys of Lexington voters before the referendum and an analysis of the election results. Lyons's description of the campaign strategies used and the reasons for their selection will be especially valuable to leaders considering consolidation in their own communities.
Author : Marcus D. Pohlmann
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572336382
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)
Download or read book Opportunity Lost written by Marcus D. Pohlmann and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Opportunity Lost, Marcus D. Pohlmann examines the troubling issue of why Memphis city school students are underperforming at alarming rates. His provocative interdisciplinary analysis, combining both history and social science, examines the events before and after desegregation, compares a city school to an affluent suburban school to pinpoint imbalances, and offers critical assessments of various educational reforms. In addition to his analysis of the problems, Pohlmann lays out educational reforms that run the gamut from early intervention and parental involvement to increasing teacher compensation, improving time utilization, and more. Pohlmann?s illuminating and original study has wide application for a problem that bedevils inner-city children everywhere and prevents the promise of equality from reaching all of our nation?s citizens. -- Book cover.
Author : James D. Davis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Memphis written by James D. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Y Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317469550
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Governing the Metropolitan Region: America's New Frontier: 2014 written by David Y Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is aimed at the basic local government management course (upper division or graduate) that addresses the structural, political and management issues associated with regional and metropolitan government. It also can complement more specialized courses such as urban planning, urban government, state and local politics, and intergovernmental relations.
Author : A. Robert Thoeny
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Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Metropolitan Government for the Mid-South written by A. Robert Thoeny and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sharon D. Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000526755
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis written by Sharon D. Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis examines black political behavior and empowerment strategies in the city of Memphis. Each chapter of the text focuses on three themes-mobilization, emergence, and incorporation. By analyzing the effects of race on black political development in Memphis, scholars will be able to examine broader questions about its effects in other cities. How do political machines use substantial black electorates to their advantage? What forms of protest do black communities conduct to rebel against machine rule? What primary mobilization tactics have black citizens used during the different periods of their political development? Why do blacks mobilize more quickly in some cities? In cities with large and predominantly black populations, what elements prevent black candidates from winning citywide races? What constraints do newly elected black mayors face? What benefits do black citizens gain from their representation? After a predominantly black governing coalition is elected, what obstacles remain? Can black citizens translate proportional representation into strong political incorporation? How much power can African Americans realistic expect to gain in cities? This book is the most comprehensive case study of the city's political scene written to date. The text primarily shows that white racism is not the only obstacle to black political development. Black citizens can have population majorities, but lose elections for other reasons. Their ability to win elections and gain full incorporation depends heavily on whether they minimize internal conflict and establish coalitions with middle-class citizens and the business establishment.
Author : Daniel Kiel
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Memphis Dilemma written by Daniel Kiel and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 17, 1954, the day that the Supreme Court handed down Brown v. Board of Education, essentially four separate school systems existed within the borders of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis City Schools ("MCS") served students within the city limits, and Shelby County Schools ("SCS") served the balance of students in the county; within each system were white schools and black schools. The next several decades saw the two districts grapple with implementation of the Supreme Court mandate to remove the vestiges of segregation from public education. By 2010, both districts had achieved unitary status, freeing them from court supervision and adherence to judicially approved desegregation plans. However, there remained a sense in the community that public education remained very much separate - and that there was a continued racial component to that separation. Indeed, the demographics of the two districts supported this perception. Of the 100,000 students in MCS, nearly 90% were African American. Meanwhile, the majority of the county's white students were learning in SCS. Coupling these demographic differences with the fact that the county schools performed better educationally, on average, by state accountability standards and the claims of separate, unequal schooling no different than what was confronted in Brown seemed even more legitimate.
Author : Tennessee Valley Authority
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book County Government and Administration in the Tennessee Valley States written by Tennessee Valley Authority and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one of a number of studies of local government which have been carried on in connection with the various programs of the Tennessee Valley Authority. It undertakes to describe some of the more important developments and trends in county government in the seven Tennessee Valley States. The study also outlines the organization and functions of counties and evaluates their suitability for administering the increasingly important services they now perform.
Author : Stephen R. Haynes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199875308
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Last Segregated Hour written by Stephen R. Haynes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Palm Sunday 1964, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, a group of black and white students began a "kneel-in" to protest the church's policy of segregation, a protest that would continue in one form or another for more than a year and eventually force the church to open its doors to black worshippers. In The Last Segregated Hour, Stephen Haynes tells the story of this dramatic yet little studied tactic which was the strategy of choice for bringing attention to segregationist policies in Southern churches. "Kneel-ins" involved surprise visits to targeted churches, usually during Easter season, and often resulted in physical standoffs with resistant church people. The spectacle of kneeling worshippers barred from entering churches made for a powerful image that invited both local and national media attention. The Memphis kneel-ins of 1964-65 were unique in that the protesters included white students from the local Presbyterian college (Southwestern, now Rhodes). And because the protesting students presented themselves in groups that were "mixed" by race and gender, white church members saw the visitations as a hostile provocation and responded with unprecedented efforts to end them. But when Church officials pressured Southwestern president Peyton Rhodes to "call off" his students or risk financial reprisals, he responded that "Southwestern is not for sale." Drawing on a wide range of sources, including extensive interviews with the students who led the kneel-ins, Haynes tells an inspiring story that will appeal not only to scholars of religion and history, but also to pastors and church people concerned about fostering racially diverse congregations.
Author : John E. Harkins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625842465
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Memphis Chronicles written by John E. Harkins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a break from the bustle of Poplar and Beale and enjoy this easy ride down memory lane, recalling days when downtown gridlock was caused by streetcars and wagons and the Mid-South was ruled by the likes of the Chickasaws, Confederates, King Cotton and Crump. Few know Shelby County and its history like lifelong Memphian John E. Harkins, who expertly chronicles the citys unparalleled heritage and the individuals and groups who have kept its past alive through the decades. Discover the origins of the yellow fever epidemic, Memphis in May, Elmwood Cemetery, the heroes of Shelby County history and so much more in Memphis Chronicles.
Author : John E. Harkins
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619869
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Historic Shelby County written by John E. Harkins and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David H. Grubbs
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Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book City-county Consolidation Attempts in Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee written by David H. Grubbs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
