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'''Eddie Williams''' (1932<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/williams-eddie-n-1932|title=Williams, Eddie N. 1932– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> - May 8, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/jcpes/|title=Guide to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Records, 1966-2014|website=David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> was President of the [[Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies]] from 1972 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/us/eddie-williams-dead-led-black-think-tank.html|title=Eddie N. Williams, Who Ran Leading Black Think Tank for Decades, Dies at 84|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=2017-05-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During this time, he transformed it into the focal point of political thought and research within the black community<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/eddie-n-williams-leader-of-think-tank-exploring-black-issues-dies-at-84/2017/05/10/28ca10da-359a-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html|title=Eddie N. Williams, leader of think tank exploring black issues, dies at 84|last=Schudel|first=Matt|date=|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> along with the creation of an inventory of 10,000+ Black Elected Officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.demdigest.org/eddie-n-williams-head-leading-black-think-tank-true-democrat-dies-84/|title=Eddie N. Williams, head of leading black think tank and true democrat, dies at 84|last=DemDigest|date=2017-05-16|website=Democracy Digest|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> Williams also helped with the creation of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbcp.org/news/ncbcp_mourns_passing_of_eddie_n_williams/|title=NCBCP: NCBCP Mourns Passing of Eddie N. Williams|website=www.ncbcp.org|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> He founded Focus Magazine<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9kWYfUTdg0C&pg=PA347 |title=Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense: Restoring America's Promise at Home and Abroad|last=Curtis|first=Alan|date=2005|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780742542174|language=en}}</ref> as a way to develop a space for black officials, activists, academics etc. throughout the country to work together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jointcenter.org/blog/joint-center-mourns-passing-eddie-n-williams|title=Joint Center Mourns Passing of Eddie N. Williams|last=|first=|date=|website=Joint Center|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>▼
| name = Eddie Williams
| image = Eddie Williams.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|08|18}}
| birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|05|08|1932|08|18}}
| death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]]
| education = [[University of Illinois]]
}}
'''Eddie Williams''' (August 18, 1932<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Center |first=Joint |date=2017-05-09 |title=Joint Center Mourns Passing of Eddie N. Williams - Joint Center |url=https://jointcenter.org/joint-center-mourns-passing-of-eddie-n-williams/,%20https://jointcenter.org/joint-center-mourns-passing-of-eddie-n-williams/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> - May 8, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/jcpes/|title=Guide to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Records, 1966-2014|website=David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> was an activist and government official.
== Early life and career ==
Eddie Nathan Williams was born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] on August 18, 1932 to Edie Williams, a jazz pianist, and the former Georgia Lee Barr.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> His father died when he was young and he was raised by his mother. He graduated from the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] with a [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] in journalism in 1955. After graduation, Williams attempted to get a job at the [[Champaign–Urbana Courier|Champaign-Urbana Courier]] where he'd worked part time during his education but the paper's owner refused to hire African Americans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2003 |title=EDDIE WILLIAMS |url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/eddie-williams-39 |website=The History Makers}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Miguel |date=2020-09-20 |title=Eddie N. Williams (1932-2017) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/eddie-n-williams-1932-2017/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> Williams instead worked for the Memphis Star-Times and the [[Atlanta Daily World]], both Black newspapers.<ref name=":1" />
Williams joined the US Army in 1955 and was discharged in 1957 after having reached the rank of first lieutenant.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Williams then joined the State Department in 1961 as the first Black protocol officer.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1965 |title=Williams Named to Employment Post |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108168813&seq=525 |journal=State Department Newsletter |pages=13 |via=Hathitrust}}</ref> He also worked under Senators [[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]]. He became the Director of the [[Harris School of Public Policy|Center for Policy Studies at the University of Chicago]] in 1968.<ref name=":0" />
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== Personal life ==
Williams married his wife, Jearline Franklin, in 1982. They had three children: Larry Williams, Traci Lynne Williams, and Terence Reddick.<ref name=":2" /> He died in 2017, aged 84, in [[Bethesda, Maryland]].
==Awards and recognition ==
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