Williams, Archie P., 1914-

African American resident of Columbia, S.C., and founder, in 1936, of the A.P. Williams Funeral Home (1808 Washington Street), in partnership with his mother, Bessie Williams Pinckney; Archie Preston Williams II was a leader in the city's black community who ran for election to both the Columbia City Council and the state legislature in the 1950s. For 22 years, Williams served as an officer in the Columbia Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Williams was instrumental in convincing Columbia to hire its first two African American police officers and to provide equal pay for African American city employees.

From the description of Scrapbook, 1935 - 1976. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 122336244