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View of businessman Jesse Hill providing an interview after being sworn in to the Georgia Board of Regents with Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia.From 1973 to 1992, Jesse Hill, Jr. (1927- ) served as president and CEO of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, which became the largest black-owned insurance company in the country under his tenure. In 1973, he became the first African American appointed to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. In 1977, he became president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, making him the first African American to head a major metropolitan chamber of commerce in the United States. Hill also founded the African American newspaper, The Atlanta Inquirer.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Business People
  4. Education
  5. Georgia
  6. Government
  7. Hill, Jesse, 1927
  8. Politicians
  9. Politics And Government
  10. Suits (Clothing)

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