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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.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia