It was 50 years ago when Atlanta, the capital of the New South solidified its reputation of being “The Black Mecca”. That is when the charismatic wavy head vice mayor Maynard Jackson was sworn in as the city’s first African American mayor. Award winning author and playwright Pearl Cleage who was Jackson’s first press secretary […]
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