HOSEA LORENZO WILLIAMS
(JANUARY 5, 1926 – NOVEMBER 16, 2000)
United States civil rights leader, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician.
Hosea is best known as a trusted member of fellow famed civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was part of Dr. Martin Luther King’s inner circle. Under the banner of their flagship organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,Dr. King depended on Hosea to organize , Stratagize and stir masses of people into nonviolent direct action in myriad protest campaigns they waged against racial, political, economic, and social injustice.