PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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He oversaw the reform of Atlanta’s public school system.
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He helped minority businesses get government contracts.
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He overhauled and expanded Atlanta’s airport and train system.
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He secured Atlanta’s selection as host city of the Olympic Games
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following was NOT an achievement of Maynard Jackson during his service as mayor of Atlanta? He oversaw the reform of Atlanta’s public school system. Why was the Albany Movement unable to fully achieve its desegregation goals?
Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson is best known for improving opportunities for African Americans to do business with the City of Atlanta, especially in the expansion of Hartsfield Airport-which has been renamed Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -During Jackson’s second term as mayor, the Atlanta Child Murders were ongoing between 1979 and 1981. He supported the Atlanta Police and other police forces in the area but also worked to calm public tensions aroused by the serial killings of black children. The accused killer, Wayne Williams, was caught in 1981.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. (March 15, 1911 – July 2, 2003), was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.