Hill, Jesse Jr.
1926-2012 · Contribution: 1973-1992
Led Atlanta Life Insurance Company to become the largest Black-owned life insurance company in the nation; first Black president of a major city's chamber of commerce
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Hill fused corporate leadership with movement activism, channeling a major insurer's resources into the civil-rights struggle and reshaping Atlanta's business and political establishment from within.
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