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Maynard Jackson during the Mayoral Campaign

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View of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson (left) and Atlanta Vice Mayor and mayoral candidate Maynard Jackson (right, face obscured) on election day in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Maynard Jackson was elected as the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1974. He served three terms, two from 1974-1982 and another from 1990-1994. During his time in office he helped to remodel Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, which was renamed as Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after his death in 2003.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Activists
  2. African Americans
  3. Atlanta
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Leaders
  6. Georgia
  7. Government
  8. Jackson, Jesse, 1941
  9. Political Campaigns
  10. Politicians
  11. Politics And Government

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