- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Jesse Hill, Jr. Press Conference, circa 1973
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Insurance executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Insurance companies--Georgia--Atlanta
Press conferences
Women--1970-1980
Television cameras
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Flower arrangements
Hill, Jesse, 1927-
Hill, Azira
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. speaking at a press conference to announce him being named president and CEO of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, with his wife Azira Hill, 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 101.422.007
ahc101422007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1431
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1431/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:
-
