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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Maynard Jackson (1938-2003) Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. His mother, Irene Dobbs Jackson, a professor of French at Spelman College, was the daughter of John Wesley Dobbs, founder of the Georgia Voters League. Jackson remained influential in city politics behind the scenes during the Young administration, and he decided to seek a third term in 1989. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1385   (1370 words)

Maynard Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson graduated from Morehouse College in 1956 when he was only eighteen. He is buried on commons ground at Oakland Cemetery, on a plot dedicated by the City of Atlanta. Jackson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, a Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maynard_Jackson   (294 words)

[No title] Maynard was a lion of a man, who lived his life with courage, compassion and a dedication to public service. Born in Dallas, Texas, on March 23, 1938, the third of six children, Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., was considered to be a member of the "Black aristocracy." His father, Maynard Jackson, Sr., was a Baptist minister and his mother, Irene (Dobbs) Jackson, was a college language teacher with a doctorate in French. As Jackson was cruising toward the October 3rd nonpartisan election, a former city councilman and Black militant, Hosea Williams, emerged late in the campaign to challenge Jackson. www.atlantahapps.com /maynard_jackson.htm   (1487 words)

Race Matters - Maynard H. Jackson Jr., First Black Mayor of Atlanta, Dies at 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Jackson handily won the runoff with 59 percent of the vote, becoming the first fl mayor of a major city in the South, the same year that Tom Bradley and Coleman Young won the mayoralties of Los Angeles and Detroit respectively. Jackson's greatest legacy was in affirmative action programs that set the standard for American cities, especially those with fl majorities, though his advocacy for those programs also helped set a tone of confrontationalism with the white business establishment that left scars on both sides. Jackson often boasted that the airport was built ahead of time and under budget, even as the city contracts granted to minorities duly soared from less than 1 percent in 1973 to nearly 39 percent within five years. www.racematters.org /maynardjacksonjr.htm   (1506 words)

JSI - Maynard H. Jackson Jackson, was a member of the Bars of Georgia and New York, was a Managing Partner of Chapman and Cutler, Attorneys at Law, from 1982 to 1990, where he specialized in Public Finance law. Jackson, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and recipient of eight honorary degrees, was a former Visitor of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Chubb Fellow at Yale University. Jackson was born in Dallas, raised in Atlanta; and worked his way through school as a waiter, tobacco picker, librarian and encyclopedia national sales trainer and salesman. www.jacksonsecurities.com /mhj.asp   (782 words)

NCCU Law Alum, Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson dies - www.ezboard.com Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr., a great-grandson of Cobb County slaves, was born into Atlanta's fl aristocracy, graduated from Morehouse College at 18 years old and was elected in 1973 the first fl mayor of a major Southern city. Jackson was involved in the early planning for the Olympics, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain, he had the honor of accepting the five-ringed flag from Barcelona Mayor Pasqual Maragall. Jackson was a poised and articulate spokesman for the New South. p067.ezboard.com /fnccueaglesfrm17.showNextMessage?topicID=6.topic   (5348 words)

CNN.com - Atlanta's first black mayor dies - Jun. 23, 2003 Maynard Jackson Jr., a former three-term Atlanta mayor and the first African-American elected to run a major Southern city, died Monday of a heart attack at age 65, associates said. Jackson moved to Atlanta with his family from Dallas, Texas, where he was born in 1938. Jackson served two consecutive terms as mayor, stepped aside for eight years, then sought and won a third term in 1989 with 80 percent of the vote. www.cnn.com /2003/US/South/06/23/maynard.jackson/index.html   (885 words)

MAYNARD HOLBROOK JACKSON Maynard H. Jackson returned to the private sector as Chairman of Jackson Securities, LLC and Jackmont Hospitality, Inc., in January 1994, after completing his third award-winning term as Mayor of Atlanta. Jackson is the former National Development Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and was the first Chairman of the DNC Voting Rights Institute. Maynard Jackson, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and recipient of eight honorary degrees, is a former Visitor of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Chubb Fellow at Yale University. www.theabl.org /bio/Maynard_jackson.htm   (734 words)

CNN.com - Ex-Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson's funeral Saturday - Jun. 25, 2003 Jackson was Atlanta's leading politician during the city's emergence as a regional metropolis in the 1970s. Campbell said Jackson "was to affirmative action what Martin Luther King was to civil rights." His affirmative action program, which drew sharp criticism from Atlanta business leaders at the time, "became a model for governments around the country," he said. Jackson was born in 1938 in Dallas, Texas. www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/25/jackson.funeral/index.html   (603 words)

[No title] Jackson lost to U.S. Sen. Herman Talmadge in the Democratic primary in 1968, but the next year he was elected vice mayor and president of Atlanta's Board of Aldermen. Jackson was involved in the early planning for the Olympics, and in 1992 he went to Barcelona to receive the Olympic flag for Atlanta at the close of that year's Summer Games. Jackson's third term was marred by a scandal at the airport, where Aviation Commissioner Ira Jackson -- a Maynard Jackson appointee, but no relation -- was accused of accepting bribes from airport businesses. www.firstcoastnews.com /news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=5222   (573 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson dies at 65 ATLANTA –; Maynard Jackson Jr., who was elected the first fl mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and transformed urban politics in America by forcing the city's white business elite to open doors to minorities, died Monday at 65. Jackson, who died after collapsing at a Washington airport, oversaw the expansion of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, helped lay the groundwork for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and pioneered the practice of designating a portion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. Jackson lost to Sen. Herman Talmadge, a one-time segregationist, in the Democratic primary for Senate in 1968. www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20030623-1502-obit-jackson.html   (962 words)

Maynard Jackson Remembered - CBS News Jackson pursued a career as a bond attorney for eight years, during which time Young, the former U.N. ambassador and civil rights leader, was mayor. Jackson was involved in the early planning for the Olympics, and in 1992 he went to Barcelona, Spain, to receive the Olympic flag for Atlanta at the close of that year's Summer Games. Jackson lost to Sen. Herman Talmadge in the Democratic Senate primary in 1968, but the next year he was elected vice mayor and president of Atlanta's Board of Aldermen. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/23/national/main559922.shtml   (947 words)

JSI - Home JACKSON SECURITIES, founded in 1987 by the late Maynard H. Jackson, is a full service investment bank that provides a broad spectrum of investment banking and brokerage services to institutional and retail clients throughout the United States. Jackson Securities is built upon a culture of integrity, solid capital base, strong distribution, proprietary research, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled investment banking experience. Jackson Securities is certified by numerous local and national issuers as an MBE Firm, and is recognized as one of the best small national firms in the investment banking industry, irrespective of size and/or ownership. jacksonsecurities.com   (224 words)

CNN.com - Maynard Jackson's mighty send-off - Jun. 28, 2003 "Maynard believed politics should be practical not radical, that we should all strive to be righteous not self righteous and that life was a search for the truth and that it was wrong to claim to have the truth and then use it like a stick to beat other people with," Clinton said. Jackson was first elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973 at age 35, the city's youngest mayor. Jackson unsuccessfully sought the job of Democratic National Committee chairman in 2001, and served as the party's national development chairman. edition.cnn.com /2003/US/South/06/28/jackson.funeral   (692 words)

Atlanta's Maynard Jackson dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) ATLANTA--Maynard Jackson Jr., who was elected the first fl mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and transformed urban politics in America by giving contracts to minorities, died Monday at 65. Jackson oversaw the expansion of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, helped lay the groundwork for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and pioneered the practice of designating a portion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. Jackson was succeeded by former UN ambassador Andrew Young from 1982 to 1990. www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xjack24.html   (541 words)

[No title] Jackson, who suffered from diabetes, had major heart surgery in 1992 after doctors found six arterial blockages. Jackson was a 30-year-old political novice when he ran for the Senate against Herman Talmadge. Jackson was an attorney and director of community relations for the Emory Neighborhood Law Office in Atlanta (1968-to-69) and a senior partner at Jackson, Patterson & Parks (1970-to-73). www.11alive.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=33179   (642 words)

Georgia State University News & Events Perhaps Jacksons biggest accomplishment during his first two terms, which lasted from 1974 to 1982, was expansion of the Hartsfield International Airport — a project responsible for the spread of much wealth to minorities in Atlanta, Newman says. Jackson also should be credited for forming the Atlanta Economic Development Corporation (now known as the Atlanta Development Authority) in the 1970s. Jackson's third nonconsecutive term, which ran from 1990 to 1994, was frustrating for the mayor because he wasn't able to reproduce the accomplishments of his initial terms, adds Newman. www.gsu.edu /~wwwrad/archive/politics/2003/maynard.htm   (510 words)

Maynard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maynard James Keenan, singer for the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle Maynard Crabbes, DJ and VJ for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Maynard G. Krebs, a character from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maynard   (122 words)

BookRags: Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. Biography Young Maynard considered becoming a clergyman but then enrolled at Morehouse College in Atlanta as an early admissions scholar and earned a BA degree in political science and history in 1956. As chief executive of the company, Jackson was the lead manager for $337 million worth of securities issues and co-manager for $2 billion worth of securities issues. Jackson died on June 23, 2003, at a hospital in Arlington, Virginia. www.bookrags.com /biography/maynard-holbrook-jackson-jr   (1193 words)

POLICAMP, INC. - Mayor Maynard Jackson Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., a three-term mayor of Mayor Jackson understood more than most how an effective affirmative action program could be used to transform economic opportunities to those who have been traditionally left out of the economic mainstream of most American cities. In that speech, Mayor Jackson chastised African American leaders who for some strange reason feared continuing disadvantage business practices which were put in place by many of his peer mayors in the 1970's and 1980's. www.policamp.com /newsletter/mjackson.htm   (996 words)

Nation's Cities Weekly - June 30, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Maynard Jackson, the first fl mayor of Atlanta, died June 23 of a heart attack at the age of 65. First elected in 1973, Jackson was credited with transforming urban politics in America by forcing the city’s white business elite to open doors to minorities. Jackson was active in the NLC constituency group, the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO), serving as the group’s president from 1975-1976. nlc.org /Newsroom/Nation_s_Cities_Weekly/Weekly_NCW/2003/06/30/5026.cfm   (296 words)

Clyburn (SC06) - Press Release - Clyburn Remembers Maynard Jackson House of Representatives, Maynard Jackson and I were close and cordial friends. Maynard was a literal and physical giant who dedicated his life to fostering a better life and future for everyone he served. He realized for the next generation to be able to follow in his footsteps and use public service as a means to improve conditions in the African American community, they have to take ownership and become a more active part of the process. clyburn.house.gov /press/030623maynardjackson.html   (278 words)

Thousands mourn Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's 1st Black mayor - National Report Jet - Find Articles Jackson saw political empowerment as the next phase of the movement. Jackson made it clear right away that in the new Atlanta, it would not be business as usual. The Jackson legacy also included a number of local improvements--like the airport and a world-class mass transit system--and he paved the way for Atlanta to be the host city for the 1996 summer Olympics. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_4_104/ai_105619326   (693 words)

Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson dead at 65 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Jackson, was a "larger than life" figure in Atlanta, and a player on every stage of the city's modern history, from the Civil Rights Movement to the creation of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport to the 1996 Olympic Games, city leaders remembered. Jackson was mayor for two consecutive terms from 1974 to 1982, where he oversaw the development of Hartsfield's current terminal. Jackson was instrumental in involving minority contractors in Hartsfield's development, a program still used in some form by Atlanta and other city's today. atlanta.bizjournals.com /atlanta/stories/2003/06/23/daily4.html   (645 words)

USATODAY.com - Atlanta's first black mayor dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) ATLANTA (AP) — Maynard Jackson Jr., who was elected the first fl mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and transformed urban politics in America by forcing the city's white business elite to open doors to minorities, died Monday at 65. Jackson had suffered from diabetes and had had major heart surgery in 1992. The city was 51% white, but Jackson defeated incumbent Sam Massell in a bitter primary, getting 95% of the fl vote after Massell took out ads saying, "Atlanta's Too Young to Die." The slogan offended fl voters. www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-06-23-maynard-jackson-obit_x.htm   (970 words)

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Joint Center Mourns Passing of Maynard Jackson Jr."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The first fl mayor of a major Southern city, Jackson was a close friend of the Joint Center, which was founded to assist newly-elected fl politicians only three years before his historic victory. While Jackson was no neophyte, having served as Atlanta's vice-mayor from 1969 to 1973, he was a prominent figure at Joint Center training sessions and workshops -- the only place where fl politicians from across the country could regularly meet their counterparts. Even after he left office, Jackson continued to be a strong supporter of the Joint Center and regularly participated in several events, including the quadrennial National Policy Institute, which was held in presidential election years to highlight key issues facing fl voters. releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=18039   (310 words)

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