Postal Union Pioneer Wyatt Williams Dies

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"He was a trailblazer and an activist, but he wasn't flamboyant," she said. "He was a sincere young man, always asking how you and your family were doing and always concerned about the community and the individuals in it. He was a quiet mover."

"You could call him anytime, day or night and he would help," said [George Spencer]. "He had genuine desire to see that people were treated right and he wouldn't quit until their needs were addressed. He was a servant. He was a national union officer but it was because he wanted to serve people."

"When a teacher at Lemington Elementary School continually treated us like we were less than the white kids, I remember my father going in and letting her have it," she said. "There was change. We didn't have to put up with that any more."

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Postal Union Pioneer Wyatt Williams Dies

Even from an early age Wyatt C. Williams was trying to do what's right and fix what's wrong.

In the late 1920s before he was 10, W...

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