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Photograph of three prominent civil rights leaders from Atlanta, Georgia gathered in 1987 to endorse the candidacy of Richard Arrington Jr. for mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Arrington won the election to become the first black mayor of that city. From left, Herman J. Russell, Andrew Young, Richard Arrington, and Jesse Hill.
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  1. African American Businesspeople
  2. African American Civic Leaders
  3. African American Civil Rights Workers
  4. African American Executives
  5. African American Mayors
  6. African American Philanthropists
  7. African Americans
  8. Alabama
  9. Arrington, Richard
  10. Birmingham
  11. Businessmen
  12. Civil Rights
  13. Entrepreneurship
  14. Hill, Jesse, 1926
  15. Mayors
  16. Politicians
  17. Russell, Herman J

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