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Mayor Jackson at His Inauguration

Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records Collection via Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.
A Black man with short dark hair wearing a black tuxedo stands behind a podium holding his right hand up while facing a female judge in black robes.
Mayor Jackson at his inauguration, 1990.
Source: Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records Collection, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.

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