Cecil J. Williams

Cecil J. Williams, a Claflin University alumnus, documented the Orangeburg civil-rights movement as a photographer. His pictures of Harvey Gantt, sit-ins, and the Orangeburg Massacre are primary visual records of that era.

Photographer of the South Carolina civil-rights movement.
Claflin University alumnus whose archive is widely exhibited.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.