LOCAL · GA · 1974-1982
Maynard Jackson
Mayor of Atlanta · Democrat · Georgia
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First African-American mayor of major Southern city
Background
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938–2003) was Atlanta Mayor 1974-1982 + 1990-1994 — the first African-American mayor of a major Southern city. Introduced minority-business set-asides that became national models; oversaw Hartsfield Airport's first major expansion (which now bears his name); refused to settle the 1977 sanitation strike on terms he considered unfair to workers. Grandson of educator A.D. Williams; nephew of John Wesley Dobbs ("the unofficial mayor of Black Auburn Avenue").
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Others who held this office in Georgia
- Andre Dickens (2022-present)
- Keisha Lance Bottoms (2018-2022)
- Kasim Reed (2010-2018)
- Shirley Franklin (2002-2010)
- Bill Campbell (1994-2002)
- Maynard Jackson (1990-1994)
- Andrew Young (1982-1990)
- Sam Massell (1970-1974)
- Ivan Allen Jr. (1962-1970)
- William B. Hartsfield (1942-1962)