- 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
Awards
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Eyeglasses
Applause
Podiums--Georgia--Atlanta
Insurance executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Hill, Jesse, 1927-
Atlanta Life Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Jesse Hill, Jr. (third from left), the president and CEO of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, receiving an award at a dinner party in his honor, 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 101.421.006
ahc101421006.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1363
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1363/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:
-
