| Other author/creator | Williams, James, 1919-2016 interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Dr. James Williams |
| Portion of title |
Dr. James Williams |
| Abstract |
Physician Dr. James B. Williams was born on May 28, 1919, in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1942, Williams was drafted into the military and given a position with the medical corps. Wanting to become a pilot, he transferred to the Army Air Corps and was appointed an aviation cadet, eventually being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Corps. He later became one of the Tuskegee Airmen, serving as an Engineering Officer. Earning his B.S. degree in chemistry from New Mexico State University, M.D. and M.S. degrees in surgery from Creighton University School of Medicine, Williams and his brothers established the Williams Clinic on Chicago's South Side. Williams also worked at Chicago's St. Bernard's Hospital in 1957 as its first African American physician, becoming the hospital's chief of surgery from 1971 to 1972. Williams served as physician to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967 when King lived in Chicago. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2008 July 16. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2008.088 HistoryMakers |
