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Mar 23, 1938 Dallas, Texas, United States Died on 23 Jun 2003 (aged 65)
American politician and attorney
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About Maynard Jackson
- Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr.
- (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician and attorney from Georgia, a member of the Democratic Party, and elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and of any major city in the South.
- He served three terms (1974–1982, 1990–1994), making him the second longest-serving mayor of Atlanta, after six-term mayor (1937–1941, 1942–1962) William B.
- Hartsfield. He is notable also for public works projects, primarily the new Maynard H.
- Jackson International terminal at the Atlanta airport, and for greatly increasing minority business participation in the city.
- After his death, the William B.
- Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport was re-named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to honor his service to the expansion of the airport, the city and its people.
