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Jesse B. Blayton Sr.

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Photograph of Jesse B. Blayton Sr., known as the "Dean of Negro Accountants," speaking in 1928. He stands at a desk on which an open book sits. A blackboard hangs on the wall behind him. Blayton worked as both a bank president and a college professor before purchasing WERD in 1949. In 1995 he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.
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