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Maynard Jackson

Maynard Jackson

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Born March 23, 1938 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Died June 23, 2003

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Maynard Jackson was the son of a minister, Maynard Jackson, Sr. and a college professor, Irene Dobbs Jackson. Although born in Texas, he spent much of his youth growing up in his mother's native Atlanta. He became the first Black mayor of Atlanta at the age of thirty-five, making him the first Black mayor of a major city in the Deep South, and one of the youngest. Armed with an exceptional intellect and a Ford Foundation Fellowship, he left David T. Howard High School in the tenth grade, entering Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1952 at the age of fourteen. By the age of eighteen he was a Morehouse College graduate. Before he became mayor of Atlanta, he had run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1968. In 1973, with Atlanta's Black population then at slightly more than fifty percent, Jackson ousted then mayor Sam Massell with more than ninety percent of the Black vote and nearly twenty percent of the white vote. Only a few years before his untimely death, he had been appointed to a high-ranking position within the National Democratic Party. He continued to live in Atlanta and, along with his daughter Brooke, ran Jackson Securities, Inc.

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South to Black Power Poster

South to Black Power Feature Film2023Self

The Fabulous Fox Documentary2004Self

Startup.com Poster

Startup.com Documentary2001Self

ESPN SportsCentury Poster

ESPN SportsCentury TV Series1999Self

An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence TV Special1998Self

Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream Poster

Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream Documentary1995Self

The Les Brown Show Poster

The Les Brown Show TV Series1993Self

The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards TV Special1991Self

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Poster

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest TV Series1987Self - Atlanta Mayor

The Making of 'Black Mayors' Documentary1986Self

Showtime Looks at 1981 Documentary1981Self - Atlanta Mayor

King Mini-Series1978Wally Whitmore

Greased Lightning Poster

Greased Lightning Feature Film1977Minister

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The Visitor Poster

The Visitor Feature Film1979

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