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Hosea Williams

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@ Atlanta History Center

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View of civil rights leader and city council candidate Hosea Williams at a press conference during the run-off election for President of the Atlanta City Council, in Atlanta, Georgia.Hosea Williams was a United States civil rights leader and ordained reverend. He was a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and organized and led marches in the 1960s through the 1980s. He founded Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, a non-profit foundation in Atlanta that provides food free health services for the indigent.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia