GA HR1756

Georgia House Resolution honors Andre Moses White, who was born in Winter Park, Florida, and passed away from COVID-19 in 2020

White played professional football as a tight end for the Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, and Cincinnati Bengals after graduating from Florida A&M University

Served as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Officer for Hillsborough County, Florida, where he led efforts to remove the confederate flag from the county seal

Worked as road manager for Marvin Gaye and business colleague of James Brown; continued his father's Moses White's Cozy Corner BBQ restaurant legacy

Founded The Georgia Sentinel newspaper with his son in Atlanta in the late 1980s and served as President of the Auburn Avenue Merchants Association, helping revitalize the historic business district