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A. C. Wharton, 2008

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Wharton, A C, Jr., 1944-
James, Holly
Smith, Tiffani
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Interviews, Oral history, Memphis (Tenn.), Civil rights, Wharton, A C, Jr., 1944-, Tennessee State University, Nashville (Tenn.), Crossroads to Freedom, Race relations, African Americans
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20080626_A_C_Wharton
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Crossroads to Freedom Oral History Collection
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This is an interview with Mayor A.C. Wharton, who served as the mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee from 2002-2009, and mayor of Memphis since 2009. In this clip he describes what it was like as a college student at Tennessee State University, in Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil rights Era.