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1 day ago · On October 20, 2003, the Atlanta City Council voted to rename Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to honor former mayor Maynard Jackson, who died June 23, 2003.
3 days ago · In the 1970s, as Atlanta’s Black population became a majority in the city, African Americans were elected to high office, including Andrew Young to the U.S. Congress in 1972 and Maynard Jackson to the mayor’s office in 1973.
3 days ago · His telling of Lee Smith’s 1990 short story “Me and My Baby View the Eclipse,” about a small-town affair between mismatched lovers, is pure delight. Previously featured stories were written ...
1 day ago · The Gimp’s role in Pulp Fiction solidifies the pitch-black comedic tone of the movie. It was already a twisted comedy at that point, with disturbing gags about heroin use and adrenaline needles, but the scene in the pawnshop basement with Zed, Maynard, and The Gimp cements Pulp Fiction as one of the darkest comedies ever made.
4 days ago · Proponents of the course include students who were enrolled in a pilot AP African American Studies course taught at Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta, G.A.
4 days ago · Rashad Brown has been teaching Advanced Placement African American Studies at Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson High School for three years. He’ll continue to do so — even though the state’s top education official removed it from the list of state-funded course offerings for the upcoming school year.
3 days ago · From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.
