Hosea Lorenzo Williams #1380

Caption from poster__       Hosea Lorenzo Williams   (January 5, 1926 – November 16, 2000)   United States Civil Rights leader, ordained   Minister, and later a Politician.   His famous motto was  "Unbought and Unbossed"   (which was also the motto of  Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm).     Social Reformer, Civil Rights Activist. He was a top lieutenant to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., organizing his early marches and demonstrations across the South. He helped lead the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, when white troopers and sheriff's deputies used tear gas, nightsticks and whips to break up the march. The outrage over this incident, known as "Bloody Sunday", led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. In 1970, his activism against poverty led him to start Atlanta's annual "Feed The Hungry and Homeless" Thanksgiving dinner, helping thousands of poor and homeless every year to meals, counseling, and health care. In 1987, he led two marches into