c
o
j t e uthorof 12
e en nonfiction
d ix edi ed or co­
edited boo {includin 7i e
o Cried I A nd
e rned a
bac elor' degree in jour­
n li m and Engli h from
Syrac e Unive ity in 1950.
hen hi first marriage ended
e·arly '50s, illiam
mind occupied by
teady income, he
..
,
for e 'Yor
renamed :The Anary One, as
i first publi bed novel.
Over tbe ye be or ed
a freelance riter and a
tringer, traveling through
Europe nd Africa a cor­
respo ent for the ociated
Pre e ee, Ebony, Jet,
Holid y aDd other magazines.
remarried in
1965 nd h d a third on. In
1968, he n inter­
��aal Ed uca-
nt, ..
began erie of teaching
po ition t the aty College
of e Yor. S rah La renee
College. L Guardi Com­
munity Coli ge and 80 ton
Univer ity. He h been a
profe or of Engli h . nd jour­
n Ii m t Rutger , the State
Univer ity of Jer ey,
ince 1979.
(Joitn A. Williams is one of
J 2 �ple lect for "Gal­
lery of Greats: Black
A Iho1's ... A Voic for the
People," a coli ction of
portraits co , is . n d by the
M iller Brewing Company. The
collectio which honors all
Black au! ors, i on a national
tour of museu) , art galleries
and univer ities tnroughout
1990.)