- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jesse Hill (b. 1927)
- Creator:
- Myers, Barton
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-10
- Subject:
- African American businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Jesse Hill, a prominent African American civil rights leader in Atlanta, who was the president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company from 1973 to 1992. He was the first African American to be elected president of a chamber of commerce in a major city and a member of the board of directors for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He attended Lincoln University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan where he received his MBA. In Atlanta, Hill volunteered for both the Urban League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was also a member of the Atlanta Committee for Cooperative Action.
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GSE identifier: SS8E2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/jesse-hill-1927-2012/
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Jesse Hill (b. 1927)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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