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AKS and Essential Questions

AKS and Essential Questions. What are the risks that entrepreneurs take to develop new goods and services to start a business? What is the importance of entrepreneurs and how do they affect Georgia’s economy?

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AKS and Essential Questions

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  1. AKS and Essential Questions • What are the risks that entrepreneurs take to develop new goods and services to start a business? • What is the importance of entrepreneurs and how do they affect Georgia’s economy? • Which grassroots companies have signified the importance of entrepreneurship in Georgia? • SS8E3 The student will evaluate the influence of Georgia’s economic growth and development. • b. Explain how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business. • c. Evaluate the importance of entrepreneurs in Georgia who developed such enterprises as Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Georgia-Pacific, and Home Depot.

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  3. Type your key word summary here

  4. History of the CompanyAlonzo Herndon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnV1T5cYaDg

  5. Legacy The Atlanta Life insurance comes to life with the vision of one man.

  6. Character of an Empire • Herndon's leadership paved the way for the development of a company with far-reaching impact on the economic and entrepreneurial development of the black community. From the beginning Herndon viewed his investment in Atlanta Life as an opportunity to provide a valuable service to policyholders. Too often African American families were cheated by insurance firms. Herndon vowed to put end to the racial discrimination. Alonzo Herndon's leadership of Atlanta Life blended ideals of racial self-help and independent entrepreneurship. Herndon was influenced by Booker T. Washington and the movement to expand black business involvement.

  7. The Herndon Foundation • In 1950 he created as a memorial to his parents the Herndon Foundation—a nonprofit corporation to which the controlling shares of stock would be donated at his death. • The earnings of the foundation were set aside for religious, educational, scientific, and literary purposes. The establishment of the foundation also ushered in an era of support for the increasing efforts of African Americans to secure: • 1. civil rights, 2. economic dignity, and 3. racial progress. When Alonzo Herndon died in 1927, he was succeeded by his son, Norris. Norris Herndon believed that even in postwar America black businesses remained vulnerable to the difficulties of a segregated society.

  8. SNCC The Non-Violent Movement What was the importance of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company during the Civil Rights movement? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6L1Hyoh3rY

  9. Involvement in the Civil Rights Group The Non-Violent Movement What was the importance of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company during the Civil Rights movement?

  10. Jesse Hill, Jr. (1980) Supporting Equality "Supporting the struggle for economic dignity, civil rights and general uplift of Black America and the struggle against racism and bigotry has been a way of life for Atlanta Life over the years. We feel a sense of responsibility to contribute resources, service and leadership to improve opportunities and the quality of life for all Americans especially in the areas of education, employment, housing, health and justice."    

  11. Important facts to Remember? • List at least five interesting facts to remember.

  12. A company built on the roots of a legacy. The Company Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86zToZRcsog

  13. Let’s review http://vimeo.com/26414803

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