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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Jesse Hill, Jr. Dinner
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- Dinner parties--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Tableware
Flower arrangements
Eating and drinking--Georgia--Atlanta
Applause
Audiences--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified individuals at a dinner party honoring Jesse Hill, Jr. (not pictured), the president and CEO of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 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. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.421.001
ahc101421001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1358
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1358/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: