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American television host
Billye Aaron (born October 16, 1936) is an American television host who is notable as the first
African-American woman in the southeastern United States to regularly co-host a television show, starting with her debut on "Today in Georgia", in 1968.
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[4] Billye went on to host her own show, 'Billye'.
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Advocacy
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Philanthropy
Co-founder of Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation
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Founder of
UNCF Masked Ball
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Personal life
Billye Jewel Suber was born in
Anderson County, Texas on October 16, 1936, to Nathan Suber and Annie Mae Smith.
[4] Billye was first married to
civil rights activist Samuel Woodrow Williams; they had one child together, Ceci.
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[9] In 1973, Billye married professional baseball player,
Hank Aaron in
Jamaica .
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Awards
Legacy
Billye Suber Aaron Pavilion at
Morehouse School of Medicine in
Atlanta , Georgia.
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References
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"Billye Aaron a big hitter when it comes to advocating for women" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
^ Stirgus, Eric (3 February 2022).
"Lo Jelks, Atlanta's first Black television reporter" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
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Centennial Keynoter Billye Aaron " Mount Mary University (
https://www.mtmary.edu : accessed 3 Feb 2022)
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“Billye Aaron’s Biography.” The HistoryMakers, 2020, (https:/.www.thehistorymakers.org/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022)
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"Five Gene Matthews Boys & Girls Club members receive Hank Aaron Chasing The Dream Scholarships" .
Boys & Girls Clubs of America . 14 December 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2024 .
^ Staff Report (1 December 2021).
"38th annual Atlanta UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball announces performance by Grammy Award-winner Anthony Hamilton" . The Atlanta Voice . Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
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“Oral History with Billye Aaron” The HistoryMakers, 2016, (https:/.www.thehistorymakers.org/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022)
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"Samuel Woodrow Williams (1912–1970)" . Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 4 February 2022 .
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"Aaron Married in Jamaica" database w/images (
https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021) The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) 13 Nov 1973, Tue Page 46
^ Braverman, Jason.
Widow of Hank Aaron: 'For 47 years, Henry and I walked this journey together' 11Alive (
https://www.11alive.com/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022)
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