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| Born | August 18, 1932 |
| Died | May 8, 2017 (aged 84) |
| Education | University of Illinois |
Eddie Williams (August 18, 1932 [1] - May 8, 2017) [2] was an activist and government official.
Eddie Williams | |
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| Born | August 18, 1932 |
| Died | May 8, 2017 (aged 84) |
| Education | University of Illinois |
Eddie Williams (August 18, 1932 [1] - May 8, 2017) [2] was an activist and government official.
Eddie Nathan Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 18, 1932 to Edie Williams, a jazz pianist, and the former Georgia Lee Barr. [1] [3] His father died when he was young and he was raised by his mother. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's in journalism in 1955. After graduation, Williams attempted to get a job at the Champaign-Urbana Courier where he'd worked part time during his education but the paper's owner refused to hire African Americans. [4] [5] Williams instead worked for the Memphis Star-Times and the Atlanta Daily World, both Black newspapers. [3]
Williams joined the US Army in 1955 and was discharged in 1957 after having reached the rank of first lieutenant. [3] [5] Williams then joined the State Department in 1961 as the first Black protocol officer. [1] [6] He also worked under Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. He became the Director of the Center for Policy Studies at the University of Chicago in 1968. [1]
Williams served as the President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies from 1972 to 2004. [3] During this time, he transformed it into the focal point of political thought and research within the black community [7] along with the creation of an inventory of 10,000+ Black Elected Officials. [8] Williams also helped with the creation of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. [9] He also founded Focus Magazine [10] as a way to develop a space for black officials, activists, academics etc. throughout the country to work together. [11]
Williams married his wife, Jearline Franklin, in 1982. They had three children: Larry Williams, Traci Lynne Williams, and Terence Reddick. [5] He died in 2017, aged 84, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Williams has received several awards including:
National Journal political magazine once named Eddie N. Williams as one of the 150 people outside government who wield the greatest influence in Washington, D.C. [17]
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