NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Maynard Jackson

Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994. Image File history File links Maynard_Jackson_Jr. ... Image File history File links Maynard_Jackson_Jr. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area - City 343. ...

His grandfather was civil rights leader John Wesley Dobbs. Jackson graduated from Morehouse College in 1956 when he was only eighteen. After attending Boston University law school for a short time, he held several jobs, including selling encyclopedias, before attending the North Carolina Central University law school, graduating in 1964. Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) was considered the unofficial mayor of Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, GA, and the African-American counterpart to Mayor William B. Hartsfield. ... Morehouse College is a private, all-male, historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a historically black college located in Durham, North Carolina. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

He helped rebuild Hartsfield International Airport to modern standards, which was renamed Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in his honor shortly after his death. He was also mayor when MARTA began rapid transit service in Atlanta, and when Atlanta won as host of the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympics in September 1990. His term as mayor also coincided with the Atlanta Child Murders case, in which he played a prominent role. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is one of two airports considered the busiest airport in the world. ... MARTA is the common name for Atlantas rapid transit system, consisting of a network of bus routes linked to a heavy rail rapid transit system. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Participants The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... The Atlanta child murders, known locally simply as the missing and murdered children case, were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning in 1979. ...

He died of cardiac arrest at an Arlington, Virginia hospital after suffering a heart attack at Reagan National Airport in June 2003. He is buried on commons ground at Oakland Cemetery, on a plot dedicated by the City of Atlanta. Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia (which calls itself a commonwealth), directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. By an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia effective in 1847 As of 2000... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Color enhanced USGS satellite image of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, taken April 26, 2002. ... Aerial map of Oakland Cemetery Oakland Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery, as well as one of the largest green spaces, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded as Atlanta Cemetery in 1850 on six acres (2. ...

Jackson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha (Î‘Î¦Î‘) is an intercollegiate service fraternity generally recognized as the first established by African Americans. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ...

Jackson married his first wife, Burnella "Bunnie" Burke, in 1965. The couple had three children, Elizabeth, Brooke, and Maynard III, before divorcing. Jackson married Valerie Richardson in 1977, with whom he fathered two more children, Valerie and Alexandra. Valerie R. Jackson remains a local public radio personality in Atlanta. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ...

Sam Massell (born August 26, 1927) served eight years as Atlantas vice mayor under Ivan Allen until being elected as that citys first Jewish mayor in the October,1969 election. ... This is the list of mayors of Atlanta — former mayors of the city of Atlanta. ... Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... This is the list of mayors of Atlanta — former mayors of the city of Atlanta. ... Bill Campbell (born 1953 in Raleigh, North Carolina), served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1994 to 2002. ...

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Categories: 1938 births | 2003 deaths | Alpha Phi Alpha brothers | Deaths from cardiovascular disease | Mayors of Atlanta | Morehouse College alumni | People from Atlanta | Georgia (U.S. state) politician stubs This is the list of mayors of Atlanta — former mayors of the city of Atlanta. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Moses W. Formwalt (1820 - May,1852) was the first mayor of the city of Atlanta then in DeKalb County, Georgia. ... Benjamin Franklin Bomar (August 9, 1816 - February 1, 1868) was the second mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Willis Buell (1790 - November,1851) native of Connecticut and third mayor of Atlanta. ... Jonathan Norcross (1808 - 1898) was the fourth mayor of Atlanta. ... Thomas Fortson Gibbs (1798 - unknown) left Atlanta fairly soon after finishing his term as its fifth mayor. ... John F. Mims (November 10, 1815â€“April 30, 1856) sixth mayor of Atlanta and agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. ... William Markham (October 9, 1811 - November 9, 1890) was a prominent hotel owner in Atlanta and filled in as mayor following the illness of John Mims in October 1853. ... William M. Butt ( ? - 1864) arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia and served as a councilman in 1853. ... Allison Nelson (March 11, 1822 - 1862) was the ninth mayor of Atlanta. ... John Glen (1809â€“1895) was born in Laurens, South Carolina and moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1826 where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. ... William Ezzard (1799 â€“ March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Luther J. Glenn (November 26, 1818 â€“ June 9, 1886) was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta. ... William Ezzard (1799 â€“ March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Jared Irwin Whitaker (May 4, 1818 â€“ May 3, 1884) was the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia after a contentious election defeating William Ezzard, he didnt finish his term as mayor being appointed Commissary-General of Georgias Civil War troops. ... Thomas F. Lowe (1812 â€“ November, 1875) took over as Atlantas mayor after Jared Whitaker was brought in for the Confederate cause at the start of the American Civil War. ... James M. Calhoun (February 12, 1811–October 1, 1875) was mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil War. ... James Etheldred Williams (January 16, 1826 â€“ April 10, 1900) was an American politician. ... William Hulsey (October 1, 1838 â€“ 1909) was born in DeKalb County, Georgia and passed the Georgia bar in 1859 but didnt practice much until after the American Civil War. ... William Ezzard (1799 â€“ March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Dennis Hammond (December 15, 1819 â€“ October 31, 1891) was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cicero C. Hammock (1823 - 1890) born in Walton County was a mayor of Atlanta. ... gravesite at Oakland Cemetery Samuel B. Spencer (December 26, 1827 â€“ October 16, 1901) was the last Atlanta mayor to serve a one year term. ... Cicero C. Hammock (1823 - 1890) born in Walton County was a mayor of Atlanta. ... gravesite at Oakland Cemetery Nedom L. Angier (November 10, 1814 â€“ February 3, 1882) was mayor of Atlanta during the Rutherford B. Hayes visit of 22 September 1877. ... William Lowndes Calhoun Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James Warren English (October 28, 1837 â€“ February, 1925) was an American politician born in Orleans Parish,Louisiana. ... John Benjamin Goodwin (1850 â€“ 1921) was born in Cobb County, Georgia and attended school in Powder Springs. ... George Hillyer (March 17, 1835 â€“ October 2, 1927) was an American politician born in Athens, Georgia. ... John Tyler Cooper (March 26, 1844 â€“ 1912) was an American politician. ... John Thomas Glenn (1844 â€“ 1899) was the mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891, and the son of another Atlanta mayor, Luther Glenn. ... William Arnold Hemphill (March 5, 1842â€“August 17, 1902) was an American businessman and politician. ... John Benjamin Goodwin (1850 â€“ 1921) was born in Cobb County, Georgia and attended school in Powder Springs. ... Porter King (November 24, 1857 â€“ October 24, 1901) was born in Marion County, Alabama and came to Atlanta as a lawyer in 1882. ... Charles A. Collier Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James G. Woodward ( â€“ August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Livingston Mims (January,1830 â€“ March 5, 1906) was an American politician who served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the early 20th century. ... Evan P. Howell Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James G. Woodward ( â€“ August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Walthall Robertson Cap Joyner (June 30, 1854 â€“ 1925) was a mayor of Atlanta. ... Robert Foster Maddox (April 4, 1870 â€“ 1965) was a mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Courtland S. Winn (1864â€“1940) was an American polititian. ... James G. Woodward ( â€“ August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929) was a business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. ... James L. Key (1866â€“1939) lawyer who served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. ... Walter A. Sims was an American politician. ... Isaac Newton Ragsdale (1859â€“1937) came to Atlanta in 1880 from Dallas, Georgia. ... James L. Key (1866â€“1939) lawyer who served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. ... William Berry Hartsfield Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... Roy LeCraw (1895â€“1985) served part of one term as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia before resigning to join the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II. He was a self-confident insurance man and an officer in the National Guard. ... William Berry Hartsfield Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... Ivan Jr. ... Sam Massell (born August 26, 1927) served eight years as Atlantas vice mayor under Ivan Allen until being elected as that citys first Jewish mayor in the October,1969 election. ... Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... Bill Campbell (born 1953 in Raleigh, North Carolina), served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1994 to 2002. ... Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the current mayor of Atlanta, Georgia since January 7, 2002. ...