Former Memphis mayor Dick Hackett will be appearing at interim Mayor Myron Lowery's swearing-in ceremony today.
Former mayor Willie Herenton is speaking at the ceremony. And Bishop J.O. Patterson Jr., the city's first black mayor, will give the invocation at the 3:30 p.m. event in the Hall of Mayors at City Hall.
Pretty historic stuff.
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