Editing Maynard Jackson (section)

{{short description|American politician and attorney}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Maynard Jackson.jpg
| order               = 52nd and 54th [[List of mayors of Atlanta|Mayor of Atlanta]]
| country             = United States
| term_start          = 1974
| term_end            = 1982
| predecessor         = [[Sam Massell]]
| successor           = [[Andrew Young]]
| term_start2         = 1990
| term_end2           = 1994
| predecessor2        = Andrew Young
| successor2          = [[Bill Campbell (mayor)|Bill Campbell]]
| birth_name          = Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr.
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1938|3|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Dallas]], Texas, U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2003|06|23|1938|3|23}}
| death_place         = [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], Virginia, U.S.
| resting_place       = [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Georgia)]]
| spouse              = {{ubl|Burnella "Bunnie" Hayes Jackson-Ransom (divorced)|[[Valerie Jackson]]}}
| children            = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| alma_mater          = {{hlist|[[Morehouse College]]|[[North Carolina Central University]]}}
| profession          = {{hlist|[[attorney-at-law|Attorney]]|[[Politician]]}}
| footnotes           = 
| name                = Maynard Jackson Jr.
}}

'''Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr.''' (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 52nd [[List of mayors of Atlanta|mayor of Atlanta]], Georgia, from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 54th mayor from 1990 to 1994. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he was the first [[African Americans|Black]] mayor of [[Atlanta]] and of any major city in the [[Southern United States|South]]; his three terms made him the second longest-serving mayor in the city's history, after six-term mayor [[William B. Hartsfield]].

He is notable also for public works projects, primarily the new Maynard H. Jackson International terminal at the Atlanta airport, and for greatly increasing minority business participation in the city. After his death, the William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport was renamed [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]] to honor his service to the expansion of the airport, the city and its people.