SC H4285

Honors Dr. Booker T. Williams (1900-1971), one of the first Black dentists in Sumter, South Carolina, who practiced dentistry for 42 years

Recognizes his role as a founding father of the NAACP Sumter branch, serving as first vice president and organizer of the state conference alongside civil rights leaders including Thurgood Marshall

Credits Dr. Williams with instrumental work on the Brown v. Board of Education case and the 1942 Teachers Association Defense Fund lawsuit demanding equal pay for teachers of color

Notes his leadership in the successful 1963 lawsuit to desegregate Carnegie Public Library (now Sumter County Public Library) and his service as the first Black dentist to provide Head Start program dental services for children

Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to the descendants of Dr. Booker T. Williams