ATA Presidents and Annual Meeting Cities
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1954-1966
1954—Gerard Anderson (South Carolina)
Nashville, Tennessee
1955—Lillian Rogers Johnson (Mississippi)
Houston, Texas
1956—Elmer T. Hawkins (Maryland)
Atlanta, Georgia
1957—Theodore R. Speigner (North Carolina)
Durham, North Carolina
1958—Charles W. Orr (Alabama)
Daytona Beach, Florida
1959—Lucius T. Bacote (Georgia)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1960—George W. Brooks (Tennessee)
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
1961—Lelia A. Bradby (South Carolina)
Augusta, Georgia
1962—Lucius H. Pitts (Georgia)
Miami, Florida
1963—Richard V. Moore (Florida)
Dallas, Texas
1964—J. Rupert Picott (Virginia)
Atlanta, Georgia
1965—C. J. Duckworth (Mississippi)
Hot Springs, Arkansas
1966—R. J. Martin (Georgia)
Miami Beach, Florida
1967—Hudson Barksdale (South Carolina)
[President-elect]
The site of the 1966 ATA convention was changed from New Orleans in November to Miami Beach in summer to facilitate the culminating activities of the ATA as it merged officially with NEA, which was meeting in Miami Beach immediately following the ATA meeting.
In 1966, the NEA-ATA merger was signed in Miami Beach, Florida.
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