Atlanta's Example

Elected in 1974, who served as Atlanta's first African American mayor?

• Andrew Young
• Lester Maddox
• Maynard Jackson
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

What former African American mayor laid the groundwork that helped bring the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta?

• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson
• William Hartsfield
• Lester Madox

What Atlanta mayor took a stand against segregation by removing the "White Only" & "Colored Only" signs from City Hall?

• Maynard Jackson
• Andrew Young
• William Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

What Atlanta mayor hired the city's first African American police officers?

• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• William Hartsfield
• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson

What former African American mayor of Atlanta has the city's international airport partly named in his honor?

• William Harstfield
• Maynard Jackson
• Lester Maddox
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

What African American mayor of Atlanta also served as U.S. Congressman & Ambassador to the United Nations?

• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson
• Benjamin Mays
• Ellis Arnall

What Atlanta mayor desegregated the city's buses and lunch counters?

• William Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• Andrew Young
• Herman Talmadge

What Atlanta mayor integrated the city's fire department by hiring the first group of African American fire fighters?

• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson
• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• William Hartsfield

What African American mayor of Atlanta helped develop & expand MARTA?

• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• William Hartsfield
• Maynard Jackson
• Herman Talmadge

What CEO of Coca-Cola worked behind the scenes to help Atlanta peacefully desegregate?

• John "Doc" Pemberton
• Asa Candler
• Robert Woodruff
• Alonzo Herndon