The National Black MBA Association, with a boost from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, announced this week that the organization's 33rd annual convention will begin Oct. 4 in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center.

With more than 12,000 people expected and 350 corporations attending, organizers say the event is the largest black business and professional conference in the country.

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Atlanta art and antiques appraiser and auctioneer Allan Baitcher (right) takes bids during a 2020 auction. Baitcher and his company, Peachtree Antiques, are being sued by a Florida multimillionaire who says he paid them $20 million for fakes. (AJC 2020)

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