- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Audience watching swearing-in ceremony
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-06-01
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Audiences--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the audience watching the swearing-in ceremony of businessman Jesse Hill as the first African American on the Georgia Board of Regents at the Georgia State Capitol 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 101.053.008
ahc101053008.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/178
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:178/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
