PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Andrew Young
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Maynard Jackson
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Benjamin Mays
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Detailed explanation-1: -A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Black mayor of Atlanta and of any major city in the South; his three terms made him the second longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, after six-term mayor William B. Hartsfield.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson, Jr. Maynard Jackson was Atlanta’s first African American mayor; he serve two consecutive terms (1974-1978; 1978-1982) and was elected for a third term in 1990.
Detailed explanation-3: -Maynard Jackson was the first African American mayor of Atlanta (and the south) who helped modernize the city of Atlanta by attracting major business and the 1996 Olympics to the area and by expanding the airport.
Detailed explanation-4: -Maynard Jackson, in full Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., (born March 23, 1938, Dallas, Texas, U.S.-died June 23, 2003, Arlington, Virginia), American lawyer and politician, who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms (1974–82 and 1990–94).
Detailed explanation-5: -The Centennial Games brought global attention and investment to Atlanta. In 1987, Atlanta attorney Billy Payne and Mayor Andrew Young began developing a bid for Atlanta to host the 1996 Centennial Olympics.