- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Jesse Hill, Jr. and Azira Hill
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1972
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Awards
Press
Press conferences--1970-1980
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Flower arrangements
Sunglasses
Anti-defamation League
Hill, Jesse, 1927-
Hill, Azira - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta businessman Jesse Hill, Jr. and his wife Azira Hill at a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia about the Anti-Defamation League Award Jesse Hill, Jr. received.
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 101.274.006
ahc101274006.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/586
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:586/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:
-
