Related Research Articles
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was an American attorney and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia from 1974 to 1982,and again as the city's 56th mayor from 1990 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the first Black mayor of Atlanta and of any major city in the South;his three terms made him the second longest-serving mayor in the city's history,after six-term mayor William B. Hartsfield.
George Dekle Busbee Sr.,was an American politician who served as the 77th governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1983.
Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician,a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 58th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia,from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member on the board of directors for both Delta Air Lines and Mueller Water Products.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr.,was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta,during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Samuel A. Massell Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served from 1970 to 1974 as the 53rd mayor of Atlanta,Georgia. He was the first Jewish mayor in the city's history and the most recent non-black mayor of Atlanta.
Central Atlanta Progress (CAP),founded in 1941,as the Central Area Improvement Association,is a private,not-for-profit corporation,chartered to plan and promote Atlanta's Central Area,that strives to create a robust economic climate for downtown Atlanta,Georgia,in the United States.
The city government of Atlanta,Georgia,in the United States is composed of a mayor and a body of one councilman from each of 12 districts,a City Council President,and 3 other at-large councilmen:
The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant.
The Atlanta City Council is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta,Georgia,United States. It consists of 16 members:the council president,twelve members elected from districts within the city,and three members representing at-large posts. The city council is the legislative branch of the Atlanta city government.
Mary Norwood is an American businesswoman and politician who is a member of the Atlanta City Council. She was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta in 2009 and 2017. In both campaigns she advanced to the runoff,but respectively lost to Kasim Reed and Keisha Lance Bottoms by narrow margins. In addition to her mayoral runs,she represented city-wide posts on the Atlanta City Council from 2002 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018. She resides in the Tuxedo Park neighborhood of Atlanta's Buckhead community.
The 1973 Atlanta mayoral election was held on October 16,1973,in Atlanta,Georgia. Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson was elected as the city's first African-American mayor,defeating incumbent Mayor Sam Massell.
Rodney Mims Cook was an American politician who served for over twenty years as Atlanta alderman and member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
The state of Georgia mostly improved in its treatment of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender residents in the years after 1970,when LGBT residents began to openly establish events,organizations and outlets for fellow LGBT residents and increase in political empowerment.
Cathy Woolard is an American politician who served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for District 6 from November 1998 to 2002,and as President of the council from 2002 to 2004. When she began her term in 1997,she was the first openly-gay elected official in Georgia history,and she was the first woman to be President of the council.
Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia,from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor,she was a member of the Atlanta City Council,representing part of Southwest Atlanta. Bottoms did not run for a second term as mayor. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the DNC for the 2021–2025 term. In June 2022,Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement where she served until February 2023. Bottoms currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.
Bazoline Estelle Usher was an American educator known for her work in the Atlanta Public Schools. As director of education for African-American children in the district prior to integration,she was the first African American to have an office at Atlanta City Hall. She founded the first Girl Scout troop for African-American girls in Atlanta in 1943. Her career as an educator lasted over 50 years,over 40 of which were in the Atlanta schools. A school in Atlanta is named for her,and in 2014 she was posthumously named a Georgia Woman of Achievement.
Ruth Blair was an American librarian and archivist in the U.S. state of Georgia. She was the first woman state historian of Georgia and the first executive secretary of the Atlanta Historical Society. She helped organize the Society of American Archivists in 1936. Named Atlanta's Woman of the Year in 1955,she has been called "one of the most distinguished archivists in America".
Edna Branch Jackson is an American politician from Georgia. Jackson is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 165. She was previously the Mayor of Savannah from 2012 to 2015,the first female African-American to hold the office.
D. L. "Buddy" Fowlkes was an American track and field coach at Georgia Tech from 1965 to 1992,and a member of the Atlanta City Council from 1962 to 1993.
Peter Roe Nugent was an American politician who served as mayor of Savannah,Georgia and as vice-chairman and pioneer member of the Georgia Ports Authority.
References
- ↑ "Panke M. Bradley papers, 1970-1977". Emory Libraries. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ "Lester, Lowe Win". The Atlanta Constitution. 28 October 1979.
- ↑ "1950 United States Federal Census". National Records and Archives Administration. 1950.
- ↑ Durand, Joyce (18 December 2000). "Panke Bradley Miller oral history interivew, December 18, 2000". Georgia State University Library. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- 1 2 Lewis, Zena; Ulmer, Michael (2 March 2023). "Atlanta City Council Member Michael Julian Bond to Honor Panke Bradley Miller, First Woman to Serve in Atlanta City Government". Atlanta City Council . Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Mrs. Bradley Takes Oath as First Woman Alderman". The Atlanta Constitution. 8 July 1972. p. 5.
- ↑ Andrews, Evelyn (26 February 2018). "Massell calls for unity in 'State of Buckhead' address". Rough Draft Atlanta.
- ↑ Short, Bob (22 August 2008). "Sam Massell interviewed by Bob Short" (PDF).
... but I appointed the first woman to city council in Atlanta's 125- year history. Panke Bradley, who was a city planner, did a great job.
- ↑ Jackson, Barbara L. (1978). "Desegregation: Atlanta Style". Theory into Practice . 17 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1080/00405847809542741.
- ↑ Hall, Van (Fall 2003). "Morningside Lenox Park: The Neighborhood That Killed an Interstate" (PDF). MLPA News. 22 (3): 2–11.
- ↑ Lawrence, Jay (20 September 1977). "District 2 to Find Out What's In A Name". The Atlanta Constitution.
Unlike Sweet, Barge has run for office before. He came in third in a 1973 at-large council race including Panke Bradley, who won, and Henry Dodson.
- ↑ Merriner, Jim (9 January 1974). "Fowler Accused of Bias in His Council Choices". The Atlanta Constitution . p. 14-A.
- ↑ Ezell, Hank (23 January 1974). "Here's Organization of New City Council". The Atlanta Journal. p. 16-A.
- ↑ Ayres Jr., B. Drummond (26 February 1975). "Amid Signs of Racial Division, Atlanta's Black Mayor Begins Second Year Under Fire". The New York Times .
- ↑ Millwood, Linda (31 January 1975). "1,500 in Atlanta Say: 'Ratify ERA Now!'" (PDF). The Militant. 39 (3): 16.
- ↑ "Barb Endorsements". The Barb. 1 October 1977. p. 4.
- ↑ "Peter Miller Obituary". Legacy.com . 27 February 2022.
Family members mourning his loss include his wife Panke Bradley Miller ...
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
