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In this WSB newsfilm clip from January 3, 1980, Atlanta, Georgia mayor Maynard Jackson discusses the evolution of the civil rights movement since the 1960s. He sits in a high-backed leather chair. Jackson begins by stating that he believes that "politics is the cutting edge of the civil rights movement." He continues by discussing the phases of the civil rights movement, and he asserts that the current phase must be one in which African Americans are productive.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Mayors
  2. African American Men
  3. African Americans
  4. Atlanta
  5. Chairs
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Civil Rights Movements
  8. Georgia
  9. Mayors
  10. Men
  11. Offices
  12. Politicians
  13. United States

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