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Maynard Jackson: The Ultimate Champion for Black Business
28 Days: Celebrating Black Business Icons Past and Present: In 1973 Maynard Jackson emerged on the scene when he was elected the first black mayor of Atlanta and became a national force in business and politics over the next 30 years, he used his prowess to break the old boys network's hold on contracts and power while expanding opportunities for minority businesses. The result: he helped develop and create more black millionaires that any other public figure.
A Perfect Union — Barack Obama's Speech
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.
The Ultimate Champion For Black Business
The year was 1974. Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr., who had just been inaugurated as Atlanta’s first black mayor, was holding court with the city’s business leadership. He told them that...
Rise Of The Black Republicans?
It’s campaign season and J. Kenneth Blackwell’s political machinery has kicked into high gear. On a hot, humid summer day — more than two months after he won the GOP...