… compete, get a chance to participate, get a chance to create generational wealth and deliver projects. Well, and we've seen this, especially in transportation, going back certainly to Atlanta, whose Atlanta's black middle class today has a lot to do with the then mayor Maynard Jackson insisting that the airport project was fair in creating opportunities for black led contracting firms. And a whole middle class arose out of that. Some of those businesses, I met them, now they're in their second generation. (18:21–18:41)
CLAIM
Asserts that Atlanta's black middle class growth is linked to inclusive contracting policies under Mayor Maynard Jackson.
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