[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    MOURNING THE PASSING OF FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR MAYNARD H. JACKSON

  (Mr. BISHOP of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep regret that I 
must announce that this morning Maynard Holbrook Jackson, former Mayor 
of the City of Atlanta, a very prominent American, passed away. He was 
a great Georgian, a great American, and we will mourn his loss. 
Shakespeare wrote, ``All the world's a stage and all the men and women 
many players. Each has its entrance and its exit. One man in his time 
may play many parts.''
  So it is with Maynard Jackson. Born in Texas, spending most of his 
life in Georgia, a lawyer, a father, a mayor extraordinaire, founder of 
the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, a very, very 
important historic figure in political annals for African Americans and 
for Americans.
  It is with deep regret that we mourn his passing. We will on tomorrow 
night have a special order so that we can pay due homage to a great 
American whom we loved so very much.

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