United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981890/1971As mayor, Hartsfield guided Atlanta through World War II with a policy of fiscal restraint. He also led the city through the racial unrest of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, overseeing the peaceful integration of the city's bus system in 1957 and schools in 1961.Photograph of William B. Hartsfield. He stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. An aerial photograph of the Atlanta, Georgia airport hangs behind him. Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city's history. Before his tenure as mayor, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922. As an alderman, he helped establish Atlanta's first airport, advancing the goal of the city to become the aviation hub of the Southeast.image/jpegWilliam Berry Hartsfield papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaWilliam Berry Hartsfield PapersMayors--Georgia--AtlantaLawyers--Georgia--AtlantaPoliticians--Georgia--AtlantaCity council members--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaLegislators--GeorgiaMicrophoneAerial photographsWilliam B. Hartsfield-Atlanta International AirportHartsfield, William BerryWilliam B. HartsfieldStillImage