John A Williams

John Alfred Williams (1925-2015) served as a medical corpsman in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, before working as the European correspondent for Ebony and Jet magazines, and covering Africa for Newsweek . Williams published over twenty books in his lifetime, fiction and non-fiction, including The Angry Ones (1960), The Man Who Cried I Am (1967) and The Most Native of Sons: A Biography of Richard Wright (1970). In 2008, the correspondence between Williams and his longtime friend...See more

John Alfred Williams (1925-2015) served as a medical corpsman in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, before working as the European correspondent for Ebony and Jet magazines, and covering Africa for Newsweek . Williams published over twenty books in his lifetime, fiction and non-fiction, including The Angry Ones (1960), The Man Who Cried I Am (1967) and The Most Native of Sons: A Biography of Richard Wright (1970). In 2008, the correspondence between Williams and his longtime friend Chester Himes was published as Dear Chester, Dear John . See less