Dr. John Henley Williams Jr. was born December 5, 1921, in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Hempstead Public Schools, and he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree at PVAMU. He worked as a teacher and coach in Brookshire, Texas, and later became the principal of Cameron High School. Moreover, Williams worked in the extension service in Texas from 1932 to 1947. He was the first minority in the graduate school to pursue his terminal degree (Ph.D.) at the University of Maryland at College Park in 1955. In 1958, he accepted an appointment to the Washington, D.C. Unemployment Compensation Board, recommended by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. He later worked with the Washington, D.C. public schools, serving as a teacher for delinquent children, a counselor and assistant principal. He completed additional post-graduate study at D.C. Teachers College and George Washington University. He was requested by Attorney General Robert Kennedy to serve on a task force to do research at Bank Street College in New York, N.Y. on curriculum development for integrating schools. In 1967, he left the public schools to enter the Federal Government as the first Employment Policy Officer for Federal Housing Administration developing employment policies for hiring minorities. After a merger of FHA and Housing and Urban Development, he became Deputy Director of Special Personnel Programs at HUD, until asked to go to Indiana and assist in organizing the HUD Indiana State Area Office as the first Director of Administration. During this time, he served on a White House assignment by President Lyndon Johnson to develop recruitment policy for minority college graduates to enter Federal Service. He served on the Parade Review Committee for the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and President J.F. Kennedy’s Committee for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, and he was listed in Who’s Who in government. During his tour of duty in Indiana, he was awarded his terminal degree at the University of Indiana. He remained in Indiana for three years, and he returned to the staff of Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity as a Fair Housing Examiner until retirement. He returned to his native state of Texas in 1980 and became involved in investigation of abused and neglected children. In 1981, he began the development of the first juvenile program in Waller County, Texas which was started with one person and a budget of $15,756 and grew to a staff of 16 and a budget of near $300,000, as Director of that program. Later, he retired to become President of Williams and Williams Consultant firm. He has been active in the Urban League, N.A.A.C.P. and served on the statewide select committee to remove children from adult jails in Texas for the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, a member of the American Society for Public Administration and the National Citizen Participation Council. He is a veteran of WWII, a member and past chairman of the Criminal Justice Advisory Board for G.G.A.C. and served as Vice Chairman for the Statewide Advisory Board for Texas Commission for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. He also served as a member of the University Teachers Center Educational Council at Prairie View A&M University and member of the Local Board of the Selective Service Board for the Texas Region IV for four years. He died on November 24, 2017, in Prairie View, Texas. He rests at the Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. You can also visit the PVAMU Faculty & Administrators Finding Aid PV Panther Project website https://pvpantherproject.com/project/john-henley-williams-papers/

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

Submissions from 1947

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Agricultural And Mechanical College Of Texas

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Agricultural And Mechanical College Of Texas

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Poultry Calendar Texas Demonstration Flock, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

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Annual Outlook Issue The Agricultural Situation, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

Submissions from 1946

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Extension Agents Conference, Extension Work Washington

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United States Department of Agriculture Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Texas A & M University - College Station

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Texas Negro Nutrition Committee, Texas State Nutrition Council

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Annual Outlook Issue The Agricultural Situation, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

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United States Department Of Agriculture Extension Service, Department Of Agriculture Extension Service

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Extension Work With Negroes, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Office Of War Mobilization, Selective Service System

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United States Department Of Agriculture Extension Service, Agriculture Extension Service

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Director Of Extension Work Washington

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Procedure For Establishment Of County 4-H Council Forests In Arkansas, Extension Forester, Arkansas

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The War Food Administration, Extension Work Washington

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War Bonds In Farm Home Releases, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, United States Department Of Agriculture Cooperating

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Agriculture And Home Economics Farm Employment, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

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Extension Farm Labor Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural And Mechanical College Of Texas

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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War Food Administration Extension Work Washington, Extension Work Washington

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A Brief Guide For Volunteer Field Workers, Office of Price Administration

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Agriculture And Home Economics Agricultural And Mechanical College, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Radio Broadcast, J. H. Hilliams, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M Colleges

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Study Farm Defense Plan, Department of Agriculture

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College

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Co-Operative Extension Work in Agriculture And Home Economics, Prairie View A&M College