Maynard Jackson
Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003), was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994. He became the first African-American mayor of Atlanta in the same election cycle in 1973 that Coleman Young became the first African-American mayor of Detroit, Michigan.
Read more about Maynard Jackson: Family History, Background and Personal Life, Mayor of Atlanta, Racial Controversy, Atlanta's Crime, Service To The Democratic National Committee, Death in 2003
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