The Cecil J. Williams Photography Wing

The photography class dedicates our wing to Civil Rights Chronicler Cecil J. Williams.

"Cecil J. Williams is a publisher, an author, and a well-known civil rights photographer. He has worked as a photographer for publications such as Jet magazine, the newspaper The Afro-American, and The Pittsburgh Courier. He was also a stringer for the Associated Press. He is the author of several books, among them Unforgettable, Orangeburg 1968, and Freedom & Justice. His work can be found in over 130 publications, 17 newspapers, 11 television documentaries, and in several museums and galleries across the country. He operates the Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum in Orangeburg, SC."

—Excerpt from Oprah Daily