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W.L. Calloway, was the first Black to be elected as an officer of Central Atlanta Progress.
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Harold A. Dawson was the first Black to be appointed to the Georgia Real Estate Commission.
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EREB was the host to the NAREB National Convention in 1971 and 1977 (hosted their first convention in 1958).
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EREB fought and defeated the DeKalb County Sign Ordinance prohibiting the placing of "For Sale" signs in yards. Legal counsel for EREB in fighting this sign ordinance was Allied Member, Attorney J. O. Wyatt, who was later elected as the first Black County Commissioner.
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The first professional quarterly newsletter was created and initiated by Barbara J. Clay, it was revised in 1991.
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The EREB Training Center was organized to prepare students for the Georgia Real Estate Examination as a result of special efforts of W. C. Ponder, Dorothy Kelly, Otis L. Thorpe, Chris Dobbins, Willie Ware and Larry Cameron.
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Otis L. Thorpe was appointed to the National Advisory Committee for the Minority Business Enterprises; the Housing Appeals Board; the Policy Review Committee of the Central Atlanta Progress; and later, the first Black to be appointed as an Assessor of the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Board of Tax Assessors, and elected as Chairman.
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Brady Barnett was appointed first Black V. A. appraiser in the Southeast. He was also appointed to the Board of Alderman by then Mayor Sam MasseIl during this period.
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