Description
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.Record Contributed By
New Georgia EncyclopediaRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Bankers
- African American Businesspeople
- African American College Teachers
- African American Executives
- African American Men
- African Americans
- Atlanta
- Bankers
- Blackboards
- Blayton, Jesse B., 1897 1977
- Books
- Businessmen
- Businesspeople
- College Teachers
- Desks
- Executives
- Georgia
- Men
- Radio Stations
- Werd (Radio Station : Atlanta, Ga.)