Hosea Williams

Date of birth:05. 01. 1926
Date of death:16. 11. 2000
Age:74† Deceased
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Georgia
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Hosea Williams

Biography

SCLC leader and Georgia state representative whom The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.7 (1975) reports the Fulton County DA was seeking to imprison and remove from the legislature via a felony charge over an alleged traffic violation; a National Defense Committee headed by Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond and Dick Gregory formed. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.7; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Felony charge arising from an alleged traffic violation
Sentence: Fulton County DA sought to imprison him and remove him from the Georgia legislature via a felony charge over an alleged traffic violation; a National Defense Committee (Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Dick Gregory) formed in response.

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