Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983
Biography:
"JOHN BELL WILLIAMS was born in Raymond, Mississippi on December 4, 1918. He attended the public schools, graduate from Hinds Junior College in Raymond, Mississippi, in 1936; from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1938; and from Jackson (Miss.) School of Law in 1940. He was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced practice in Raymond, Mississippi. Governor Williams is 1938 a graduate of University of Mississippi. He received his LL.B. from Jackson School of Law in 1940. Williams enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army, on November 5, 1941, was commissioned as a pilot July 3, 1942, and he served in World War II. He retired from active service because of injuries received in the line of duty on April 29, 1944 (he lost his lower left arm in a bomber crash). He was prosecuting attorney of Hinds County, Mississippi, from 1944 to 1946, when he was elected for the first of 11 terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served until January 16, 1968, when he resigned having been elected Governor of Mississippi for the four-year term commencing on that date. Governor Williams chaired the Southern Governors' Conference from 1970-1971. He passed away March 25, 1983, and his interment is in Raymond Cemetery in Raymond, Mississippi."--National Governors Association Web site.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- AFL-CIO Head Defends Prof. Silver's Talk (Clippings (information artifacts))
- AFL-CIO president hits Congressman (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Rep. Williams Raps UM's Prof. Silver (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Williams Blasts Professor's Talk On Racial Issue (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Williams Warns Race Turmoil 'Achilles Heel' (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Southern school news (University of Georgia Libraries)
- USM Oral History (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of governors Lester Maddox of Georgia and John Bell Williams of Mississippi speaking to reporters about a strategy to end forced school busing after a meeting with Southern senators in Washington, D.C., 1970 February 17 (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of governors Lester Maddox of Georgia and John Bell Williams of Mississippi speaking to reporters about a strategy to end forced school busing after a meeting with Southern senators in Washington, D.C., 1970 February 17 (Moving images)