![]() ![]() I don’t use flip charts.” From drawing on his iPad to air dropping material to students’ devices, Antoine is known as a tech-savvy teacher. “I teach today’s class from a technology perspective,” he says. “Because we are such a diverse culture,” Antoine shares, “it is important that we can communicate with folks from all over the world.”Īntoine shared that one of the most important things he’s learned over the years is how to incorporate technology into his classes. His last adventure allowed him to become an expert in dealing with international clients, earning his Certified International Property Specialist designation (CIPS) from the National Association of Realtors. What else makes Antoine a great teacher? He is a constant learner, always enrolling in a new class and collecting knowledge and life experience to bring back to his classroom. “That’s what sets us apart from everyone else,” he reflects. “The question is can I apply it in my life?” From photographs and videos of a 19-day international trade mission to stories from his days with GMAC Metro Brokers, it’s the experience Antoine brings to the classroom that his students love. “It’s more than just learning the vocabulary words,” Antoine explains. Students know that instead of just defining real estate vocabulary and concepts, Barney Fletcher instructors draw from their industry knowledge. “That’s how well respected that school is,” he says. Antoine credits Barney Fletcher’s proven track record for drawing students from across the state of Georgia. It’s not uncommon for his weekend cram courses to fill with students traveling from LaGrange, Columbus, Macon, and Augusta. In fact, his classes are so popular that his students recommend them to parents, children, and spouses, so he teaches entire families. Throughout Antoine’s 12 years at Barney Fletcher, he has taught thousands of real estate agents. “You can make a change and help students to obtain their life goals.” In his opinion, both students and instructors make valuable gains in Barney Fletcher’s classrooms. Even better, he explains, are the rewards. “It was an opportunity for me to work with a school that had a great reputation for providing a top-notch education,” he recalls. It wasn’t long before another broker pulled him aside to tell him, “You have a gift you’re not using.” That gift was teaching.Īntoine saw becoming an instructor at Barney Fletcher as an opportunity. When he asked them about the program, they shared that the best part was the instructors - they were all experienced real estate agents. After coming to Atlanta in 1991 to work for GMAC Metro Brokers, he quickly realized that all of the new agents for his firm came from Barney Fletcher. He remembers the first time he heard the Barney Fletcher name. How did he do it? By living his principles: integrity and hard work.Īs he built his career, Antoine was a natural collaborator, mentoring young agents. Isakson Leadership Award from the Atlanta Realtors Association, Antoine has become a leader in his industry. From being the first person of color to lead the Atlanta Board of Realtors (now known as the Atlanta Realtors Association), to more recent accolades, such as winning 2018’s Georgia Real Estate Educators Association Educator of the Year Award and 2019’s E.A. and (he) went to his best known of all his fellow citizens with fewer to speak ill of him than falls to the lot of most men.He has definitely done so. An article stated that "For a Sacramentan to have said that he did not know Uncle Daniel Blue was to argue his ignorance of the City and his people. In 1875 Annie Blue graduated from Sacramento Grammar School. ![]() Flood supported "Separate but Equal Education," but a codicil made the law impractical. was to go to the white night school, but the children were forced to leave the schools. In 1873, their daughters, Annie and Hazel, attended Sacramento Grammar School. Besides the loss of property from statewide disasters, the disease took his son William in 1860 and his daughter, Laura on December 22, 1864. Blue opened his home as a house of worship for white parishioners and a school. Andrews A.M.E. church in 1850 in the Blue's home. Blue, with Black pioneers Barney and George Fletcher, founded St. Blue's home and business were adjacent to California's first governor, Peter Burnett.Īt California's first State Constitutional Convention, Burnett was a strong proponent of exclusionary laws that excluded Blacks from living in California. According to the California Census of 1852, "Uncle Daniel," as he was known, married Lucinda Luny from Alabama and had a son, William, in 1851. He arrived in Sacramento on September 2, 1849. ![]() Blue traveled by wagon train to California with John Doherty, brother of his former owner. He was a Black pioneer, former slave, and church administrator.įrom Monroe County, Kentucky, he was owned by Mason Doherty. *Daniel Blue was born on this date in 1796. ![]()
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