Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From sit-ins to prayer protests to portraits of African Americans integrating universities and rising to federal judges, Williams has snapped it.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From sit-ins to prayer protests to portraits of African Americans integrating universities and rising to federal judges, Williams has snapped it. After years of work, Williams’ millions of photographs are being […]
Photographer, Orangeburg native Cecil Williams documented civil rights movement in South Carolina; his work will be displayed at city's Railroad Corner development.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) Cecil Williams spent decades photographing South Carolina s civil rights history. Now he s excited all that work will have a permanent home in Orangeburg. Williams opened the state s only civil rights museum in his old home in 2019. He created all the exhibits himself. Williams hopes to move his museum into a building three times larger in downtown Orangeburg with full-time staff in the next year. It’s part of a $23 million federal grant to revitalize Railroad Corner in Orangeburg as a gateway to the city. Williams also is working to digitize all his photos and urges African American families to save their letters, posters, recordings and other artifacts from the civil rights era.