Michael R. Hollis, entrepreneur and founder of Air Atlanta has died from pancreatic cancer at age 58, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At 27, Hollis made history when he founded Air Atlanta in 1984, the first airline to be owned and operated by an African American. The airline folded in 1987 but that did not [...]
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