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In October 1971, Massell gave a speech to Atlanta's black community, exhorting them to "think white" to halt the flight of white Atlantans to the suburbs. With this speech, Massell alienated key members of the black community; his speech was criticized by John Lewis and alderman Henry Dodson. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Urban League resisted Maynard ...
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 56th mayor from 1990 to 1994.
Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970) [1] is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta. [2]
View Article The post Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will not seek reelection: ‘Time to pass the baton’ appeared first on TheGrio. Bottoms first announced the...
See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname. Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years. Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018) #
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, now a senior White House adviser on external affairs, says American cities are reflective of how the country as a whole is doing.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms described the scene outside of the Fulton County, Ga., Jail ahead of former President Trump’s surrender as something she has “never seen before ...
He ran for Mayor of Atlanta in 1969 and won the race in a runoff. [4] Mayor Massell was also the president of the 15,000-member National League of Cities. In addition, he served a four-year term on the board of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. He was a board member of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.