Play it again, Sam: the notable life of Sam Massell, Atlanta's first minority mayor

In 1969, Sam Massell was elected the first Jewish mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Politically, Massell changed Atlanta's City elections to nonpartisan, created Atlanta's Urban Design Commission, allowed Muhammad Ali to fight when fifty other cities would not, established Metro Atlanta's ma...

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1. Verfasser: McNair, Charles (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Macon, Georgia Mercer University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:In 1969, Sam Massell was elected the first Jewish mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Politically, Massell changed Atlanta's City elections to nonpartisan, created Atlanta's Urban Design Commission, allowed Muhammad Ali to fight when fifty other cities would not, established Metro Atlanta's mass transit system (MARTA), appointed the first woman to the City Council, named the first blacks to City department head status, and developed the Omni, Atlanta's first enclosed arena. Most importantly, his legacy will be his peaceful guidance of Atlanta (then population 500,000) through its transformation from an all-white power structure to a black city government
Beschreibung:218 Seiten, 72 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Portraits 24 cm
ISBN:9780881466294
0881466298