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A C Wharton
A C Wharton, Jr. is a Tennessee Democratic politician who is the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Previously, he was elected as mayor of Shelby County, the first African American to serve in that office.〔(Harold Ford Jr. Reaches For the Stars ), ''Time magazine'', 10 December 2002〕 ==Early life, education, and early career == A C Wharton was born and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee. A C Wharton shares his name with his father and grandfather, and named his eldest son by the same name. Wharton has stated that his first name is simply the letters "A" and "C" and does not stand for anything else.〔(My 2 Cents: A C Wharton Jr. ) 〕 He graduated from Tennessee State University with a degree in Political Science and earned a law degree from the University of Mississippi. He became an academic, teaching at the university for 25 years. 〔 () 〕 In 1980, then-Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris appointed Wharton as Chief Shelby County Public Defender. His concern for the mentally ill in the criminal justice system resulted in the Jericho Initiative, which became a national model program.〔(Mayor A C Wharton Launches the Jericho Initiative ), Shelby County Government press release, March 3, 2009. Archived by archive.org on May 28, 2010.〕 He chaired the county’s Jail Overcrowding Committee and developed new ways to reduce overcrowding without compromising public safety.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A C Wharton )〕
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