William T. B. Williams Explained

William T. B. Williams
Birth Name:	William Taylor Burwell Williams
Birth Date:	3 July 1869
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Harvard University Phillips Academy Hampton Institute

William Taylor Burwell Williams (July 3, 1869 – March 26, 1941)^[1] was Dean of the College Department at Tuskegee Institute and two-time president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (later renamed the American Teachers Association, it merged with the NEA in 1966). He was a member of U.S. Commissions on Education in Haiti and the Virgin Islands, and a member of the U.S. War Department Committee on Education and Special Training. Williams worked as a field agent of the Slater and Jeanes Funds and the General Education Board. He taught at Hampton Institute and was a member of the editorial staff of its journal Southern Workman. In 1934, he was the recipient of the NAACP's Spingarn Medal.^{[2] [3]}

Williams was born on a farm near Stone Bridge, Virginia. He graduated from Hampton Institute in 1888, Phillips Academy in 1893 and Harvard University in 1897.^{[4] [5]} He received an LL. D. from Morehouse College in 1923.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=PBj5-zHEMvoC&pg=PA331 Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles, John G. Ramsay - Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
2. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2009). Spingarn Medal Winners.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=t1cEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA202 William Taylor Burwell Williams
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=PBj5-zHEMvoC&pg=PA331 Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles, John G. Ramsay - Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=t1cEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA202 William Taylor Burwell Williams
6. Web site: March 27, 1941 . Dr. W. T. B. Williams. Tuskegee Vice President for 5 Years, Ex-Dean of College, Dies. . July 11, 2022 . The New York Times . 23.