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SUPER TUESDAY OVERVIEW

The Annual Super Tuesday Conference is a program designed to host business owners and professional women,
men and students from throughout the metro Atlanta community. In 1984, under the leadership of Alice White
Bussey, the Women In Business Committee of the Atlanta Business League created this forum to interact and
raise awareness of African-American women business owners and professionals.

At that time the Women In Business Committee solicited the support of The Honorable Shirley Franklin who
was then the Chief Operating Officer for the City of Atlanta and former Fulton County Commissioner Michael
Lomax to support the idea of on-site certification for women business owners, thereby bringing new resources

for corporations and federal, state and local governments. Being a woman and understanding the challenges
faced by women in business, Ms. Franklin was responsible for identifying a $5,000 grant to support the Women
in Business Committee for a subsequent Super Tuesday program.