By the time Cecil Williams of Orangeburg was 14 years old, he was taking pictures of Civil Rights activities and luminaries for a national magazine, Jet, the African American-owned publication based in Chicago. He went on to become one of the nation’s premier photographers of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina and capture some of the transformative moments in the state and the nation’s history. His images have appeared in 126 books, many newspapers and 11 TV documentaries. He is the author of three books primarily based on his experiences as a civil rights photographer. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Williams, who is still working as a photographer today, on the current edition of Insight.
