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Atlanta’s mayoral race hinges on crime fears and race
In Atlanta the murder capital label fuels a tight mayoral contest among Maynard Jackson LeRoy Johnson and Charles Weltner. White voters fear black leadership while crime rising and school desegregation tensions shape the race.
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Jack Nelson
Los Angeles Times
Atlanta
Dogwood
Peachtree
U.S
Charles Longstreet Weltner
Congress
Weltner
Lester Maddox
Maynard Jackson
LeRoy Johnson
Georgia
Sam Massell
Jackson
Johnson
FBI
Fulton County
Dekalb County
Dekalb Ordinary
Susie Malone
Fulton Ordinary
Deep South
Ivan Allen Jr
William Hartsfield
NAACP