Billye Suber Aaron ( Billye Jewel Suber; born October 16, 1936), previously known as Billye Williams, is an American television host. She 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."Centennial Keynoter Billye Aaron" Mount Mary University (https://www.mtmary.edu : accessed 3 Feb 2022) Billye went on to host her own show, 'Billye'.
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Philanthropy Co-founder of Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation Founder of UNCF Masked Ball
Personal life Billye Jewel Suber was born in Anderson County, Texas on October 16, 1936, to Nathan Suber and Annie Mae Smith. Billye was first married to civil rights activist Samuel Woodrow Williams; they had one child together, Ceci.“Oral History with Billye Aaron” The HistoryMakers, 2016, (https:/.www.thehistorymakers.org/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022) In 1973, Billye married professional baseball player, Hank Aaron in Jamaica."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 46Braverman, Jason. Widow of Hank Aaron: 'For 47 years, Henry and I walked this journey together' 11Alive (https://www.11alive.com/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022)“Billye Aaron’s Biography.” The HistoryMakers, 2020, (https:/.www.thehistorymakers.org/ : accessed 3 Feb 2022)
Awards 2003 - Martin Luther King Jr. “Salute to Greatness” 2016 - YWCA Woman of Achievement
Legacy Billye Suber Aaron Pavilion at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
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