Williams, Sam, 1912-1970
Biography:
Professor of philosophy at Morehouse College; pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia; president of the Atlanta branch of the NAACP from 1959 until 1967; and vice president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was also an active member of other Atlanta-area civil rights organizations, such as the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference and the Atlanta Council on Human Relations.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a panel of African American leaders including Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, Reverend J. D. Grier and attorneys Horace T. Ward and William H. Alexander explaining recent demands to the Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 September 25 (news)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a panel of African American leaders including Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, Reverend J. D. Grier and attorneys Horace T. Ward and William H. Alexander explaining recent demands to the Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 September 25 (moving images)