Mayor
Mayor Maynard Jackson gave Atlanta’s Black businesses a lift, but at a cost
Through his three terms as mayor, first from 1974 to 1982 then again from 1990 to 1994, Jackson put forward economic integration policies to try to open opportunities for everybody to become that somebody. He mandated minimum percentages of city and airport contracts that had to go to minority firms. He advocated for the hiring […]
Read More