Jesse J LewisDr. Jessee J. Lewis, Sr. was a high school drop out, yet went on to become a college president and the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in the cabinet of an Alabama governor. The founder of the oldest Black-owned advertising and pblic relations firm in America. He owns and publishes the largest Black-owned weekly newspaper in the Southeast, The Birmingham Times. Lewis is nationally known in media circles and has served as President of the National Black Publishers Association. He is active in political affairs and served as a close advisor to Birmingham, Alabama, having served 20 years from 1979 to 1999. Read More Read Less