The story of American track and field cannot be told without George Williams.
Raised in segregated Miami’s historic Black neighborhood, Overtown, Williams recalls a community of greats — like Esther Rolle, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sidney Poitier — where many aspired to reach the next level.
After high school in the early 1960s, he journeyed to Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, enduring racism and hardships along the way.
“It started off rough,” Williams told ABC11. “I only had a lunch bag. And when I got to South Carolina, I had to give up my seat to a white lady.”…