Cecil Williams is well-known as a chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina. The photojournalist was born and raised in the town of Orangeburg where he still resides, as does the museum which he founded. The South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is home to hundreds of photographs Williams captured that bore witness to the realities of striving for racial equality.
In 2024, Williams joined University of South Carolina history professor Bobby Donaldson at StoryCorps to share the origin story of his love of photography, and the moment it evolved from a hobby into a passionate, lifelong career.
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