- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Maynard Jackson's Inauguration
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
African American mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
African American politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term in 1990. During his tenure, Jackson increased the amount of city business given to minority-owned firms and added a new terminal to the Atlanta airport, later renamed Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in his honor.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/maynard-jackson-1938-2003/maynard-jackson-addressing-crowd-during-inaguration_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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