Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records

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Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records

1968-1994

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Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003

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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician and attorney from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Served three terms from 1974 to 1982 and 1990 to 1994, he is the second longest-serving mayor of Atlanta after six-term mayor William B. Hartsfield. Born in Dallas, Texas, he attended David T. Howard High School in Atlanta and Morehouse College, a historically ...