Samuel Woodrow Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Woodrow Williams

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1912

Place of Birth: Sparkman, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: minister

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Samuel Woodrow Williams was an African American Baptist minister, professor of philosophy and religion, and Civil Rights activist.
Williams was born on February 12, 1912 in Sparkman (Dallas County) then grew up in Chicot County, Arkansas.
Samuel Woodrow Williams attended Morehouse College where he received his bachelors in philosophy and later attended Howard University earning his masters of divinity. Williams aided in the Atlanta Student Movement and helped found both the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and the Atlanta Summit Leadership Council, which then helped to organize the Atlanta branch of the Community Relations Commission (CRC).
Simultaneously he was co-chairman of the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference and acting president of the Atlanta Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1947, Williams became pastor at Friendship Baptist Church and lectured at more than 20 colleges and universities throughout the South preaching that men should lead their lives through principle and moral awareness.
In his final years of life Williams expanded his sermons to focus on a non-violent approach, arguing that society is a slave to social systems, social patterns, and burdened by the anxiety to destroy one another.
This message was conveyed through a sermon that he dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr, entitled "He was no Criminal," in 1969.Williams died from complications as a result of a major operation.