In Memoriam Jesse Hill, Jr. 1926 – 2012 By Charles A. Black Special Correspondent for The Atlanta Inquirer From St. Louis to Atlanta, from Atlanta to the world, from the World to Eternity – Jesse Hill, Jr. has transitioned from a bright beacon of service and leadership on Earth to an eternal legend of collective regard for the legacy he leaves behind. Few leave such large footprints on the sands of time, or whose fingerprints are found on so much of a community’s successes as those of Jesse Hill, Jr.…
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Remembering An Atlanta Business Icon: Jesse Hill, Jr. Atlanta businessman And Civil Rights Leader Succumbs Jesse Hill, Jr. May 30, 1926 – December 17, 2012 By John B. Smith, Jr. Jesse Hill, Jr. passed on Monday morning, December 17, 2012 at the age of 86. Hill was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 30, 1926. He graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics in 1947. It is at Lincoln University where Hill became a member of his beloved fraternity, Omega…
Clinton E. Warner, Jr., MD Civil Rights Giant, Activist, Humanitarian, Physician, Author, Philosopher July 11, 1924 – June 30, 2012 Dr. Clinton E. Warner, Jr. was born on July 11, 1924 to educators Mr. Clinton Ellsworth Warner, Sr. and Mrs. Mabel Hubert Warner. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on the campus of Morehouse College in Graves Hall. He attended elementary school at the Training School at Arkansas State College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He graduated from East Depot High School in LaGrange, Georgia in 1940. Always identifying with the…
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