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ATLVault: Maynard Jackson made American history, 50 years ago
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October 16, 2023
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19:58Now PlayingHe stood 6′4,″ weighed (more times than not) over 300 pounds, and spoke in a deep, rich voice that could resonate in a 10,000-seat stadium hall without a microphone. He dressed as impeccably as he spoke, and when Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was elected mayor of Atlanta on Oct. 16, 1973, he made American history.
Besides becoming Atlanta’s first Black mayor, he was also the first Black mayor elected by any other major Southern city at that time.
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