Orangeburg photographer Cecil Williams has captured thousands of images of African Americans' fight for equal rights over decades and is now set to unveil a wall art series that depicts their history in the state. It is a story which he hopes will reach middle and high schools.
“Sometimes is kind of peeling off a scab, a wound that’s been trying to heal for a hundred years or more. Sometimes it’s joyous; its beautiful to know and celebrate Black history and Black history achievements, but sometimes its very traumatizing.”
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