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Sam Massell, Jewish Atlanta mayor who shepherded in an era of Black-led politics, dies at 94
(JTA) — Sam Massell was Atlanta’s first Jewish mayor, serving from 1970-1974. He was also the city’s last white mayor. But he was remembered as more than a single-term bookend: Massell was ...
Atlanta’s largest park renamed for former Mayor Shirley Franklin
The City of Atlanta is honoring the city’s first woman mayor by renaming a park and busy downtown road after her. On Monday, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to rename Central Avenue, where ...