Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000

found: NUCMC data from Emory Univ. Lib. for Rich, R.H. Papers, 1902-1981(Williams, Hosea, 1926- ; member of Southern Christian Leadership Con.)

found: Biography.com, Apr. 20, 2016(Hosea Williams; born January 5, 1926, in Attapulgus, Georgia, died November 16, 2000, in Atlanta, Georgia; Martin Luther King Jr.'s trusted officer of the SCLC during the Civil Rights Movement; later led Georgia's biggest civil rights march) - http://www.biography.com/people/hosea-williams-21415939

found: Rummel, Jack. African-American social leaders and activists, ©2003:pages 222-223 (Hosea Williams, 1926-2000, trained as a chemist, became the chief lieutenant of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941, served in France and was wounded. Returning to Georgia, he enrolled in Morris Brown College and Atlanta University, earning a B.S. in chemistry in the early 1950s. Worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 1962 when he resigned to work for King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Became a Republican in 1970, he ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia House of Representatives, then switched back to the Democratic Party in 1972 then served as state senator 1974-1984. Died in Atlanta November 16, 2000.)

found: Hosea Williams, 2021:ECIP title page (Hosea Williams) galley (Hosea Lorenzo Williams)