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Former Memphis Mayor On Criminal Justice, Race Relations And Life After Politics

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Published December 25, 2018 at 11:06 AM CST
Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton at a groundbreaking event on June 30, 2015. (Phillip Parker/AP Images for Meta)
Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton at a groundbreaking event on June 30, 2015. (Phillip Parker/AP Images for Meta)

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson looks back at some of the political and social issues of the year with A. C. Wharton, who was mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, from 2009 to 2015, and is an attorney.

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