The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William T. Williams

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William T. Williams

3/29/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.118

Painter and art professor William T. Williams (1942 - ) became the first African American artist included in H.W. Janson’s History of Art text in 1986. An abstract expressionist painter, he taught art at Brooklyn College, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Williams was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/29/2007, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 57m 04s

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Williams, William T. (William Thomas), 1942-

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Artist William Thomas Williams, Jr. was born on July 17, 1942, in Cross Creek, North Carolina, to William Thomas Williams, Sr. and Hazel Williams. Williams's family moved to Queens, New York, when he was four years old, but Williams would continue to visit North Carolina in the summertime.In 1956, Williams met famed artist Jacob Lawrence, an encounter that helped him believe that he could be a professional artist. That same year, Williams was admitted to the High School for Industrial Arts in Ma...