“Affirmative action is not a handout. It is a hand up.”

About Maynard Jackson

Politician • American

Maynard Jackson was a groundbreaking American politician and attorney who made history as the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Serving three terms, he was instrumental in modernizing the city's...

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