- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jesse and Azira Hill
- Date of Original:
- 2001-05-24
- Subject:
- Insurance executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
African American executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Cuban American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Chairs--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Hill, Azira Gonzalez Sanchez, 1923- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jesse Hill, the former leader of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, is pictured in 2001 with his wife, Azira. Hill became active in the civil rights movement upon his arrival in the city in 1949, while living at the YMCA on Butler Street. The street was renamed in his honor in 2001.
This photograph shows Jesse Hill, the former leader of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, pictured in 2001 with his wife, Azira, at their home in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia. He sits in a chair and wears a dark shirt and grey jacket. Mrs. Hill stands behind him and wears a pinstriped jacket. Hill became active in the civil rights movement upon his arrival in the city in 1949, while living at the YMCA on Butler Street. The street was renamed in his honor in 2001. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/jesse-hill-1927-2012/m-9495/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/jesse-hill-1927-2012
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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