Chancellor Williams
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Of the recent towering figures in the struggle to completely eradicate the pervasive racial myths clinging to the origins of Nile Valley Civilization, few scholars have had the impact of Dr. Chancellor James Williams (1898-1992). Chancellor Williams, the youngest of five children, was born in Bennetsville, South Carolina December 22, 1898. His father had been a slave; his mother a cook, nurse, and evangelist. A stirring writer, Chancellor Williams achieved wide acclaim as the author of the 1971 publication, The Destruction of Black Civilization—Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
Totally uncompromising, highly controversial, broadly
sweeping in its range and immensely powerful in its scope, there have been few
books published during the past half-century focusing on the African presence in
antiquity that have so profoundly affected the consciousness of African people
in search of their historical identity. Dr. John Henrik
Clarke, now an ancestor and a contemporary of Dr. Williams and one of our
most outstanding scholars, described The Destruction of Black Civilization as
"a foundation and new approach to the history of our race." In The
Destruction of Black Civilization Chancellor Williams successfully "shifted
the main focus from the history of Arabs and Europeans in Africa to the Africans
themselves—a history of the Blacks that is a history of Blacks."
The career of Chancellor Williams was spacious and varied; university professor, novelist, and author-historian. He was the father of fourteen children. Blind and in poor health, the last years of Dr. Williams’ life were spent in a nursing home in Washington, D.C. His contributions to the reconstruction of African civilization, however, stand as monuments and beacons reflecting the past, present and future of African people. —Runoko Rashidi
[1998] Runoko Rashidi. All Rights
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*Runoko Rashidi is an historian, public lecturer and world traveler. He has
recently completed his second educational tour of India. For information on
audio and video tapes, lecture and travel schedules, contact Rashidi at: RRashidi@swbell.net
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