Tag: Shelby County politics
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Shante K. Avant made history in 2022 as the first Black woman elected to Shelby County’s new District 5, building on her decades of leadership in Memphis.
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- How John W. Porter Led Eastern Michigan University Through Crisis, Expanding Enrollment and Academic Programs as Its First Black President
