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Hosea Williams’ legacy honored by DeKalb County

By Mark Niesse
March 15, 2015

DeKalb County honored civil rights leader Hosea Williams last week with a ceremony and proclamation recognizing his service.

Williams led the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., worked with Martin Luther King Jr. for approval of the Voting Rights Act, founded Hosea Feed the Hungry and served as a county commissioner from 1990 to 1994.

Williams’ daughter, Elisabeth Omilami, accepted the proclamation on behalf of her late father Tuesday.

A video produced by the county about Williams' legacy is available online at http://youtu.be/xScrncBUzxc.

About the Author

Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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