Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1974-1982; and from 1989-1993.
He adopted his first wife's daughter and fathered four biological
children; two with his first wife, the former Burnella Hayes Burke and
two with his present wife, the former Valerie Richardson.
An attorney by profession, he graduated from North Carolina Central
University Law School in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 269-271. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.