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Photograph of Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson, who both served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Jackson (right) is speaking into a microphone, and Allen (left) is sitting back in his chair listening to Jackson. Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson were both instrumental in the desegregation and civil rights movements in Georgia. Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement.

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Georgia State University

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Digital Library of Georgia