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'''James Estel Williams Sr.''' (September 1921 - February 13, 1983) was the first black mayor of [[East St. Louis, Illinois]].
On April 6, 1971, Mr. Williams as a political newcomer and independent defeated Virgil Calvert, another black candidate who had been a member of the city council by a vote of 10,813 to 8,202.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In April 1, 1975, he was defeated by William E. Mason, a Democrat who was a school district superintendent and who became the city's second black mayor.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> After serving as mayor, he served as board of education president from 1976 to 1978.
Williams was born in the state of Kentucky. He graduated from St. Louis University Law School in 1962, from Iowa State University in 1948 with a masters of science degree in animal husbandry, and from Wilberforce University in Ohio with an undergraduate degree. He had taught farming techniques for the Veterans Administration in Owensboro, Kentucky, and science class in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky. Williams had been a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, and he American Trial Layers Association.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was also drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref name="Lillian Williams obit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Williams died February 13, 1983, at Barnes Hospital in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], at age 61 after suffering from heart disease.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> His wife Lillian Harrison Croom Williams (1922-2019) had worked as a teacher and also graduated from Wilberforce University, the nation's first private historically black university.<ref name="Lillian Williams obit"/> Their son James E. "Jimmy" Williams Jr., a former U.S. Navy Pilot, has been the president and CEO of Estel Foods which operates McDonald's franchises in Illinois and Missouri for which he has received numerous awards.<ref></ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*James Estel Williams,
*James Estel Williams Sr.,
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Illinois]]
On April 6, 1971, Mr. Williams as a political newcomer and independent defeated Virgil Calvert, another black candidate who had been a member of the city council by a vote of 10,813 to 8,202.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In April 1, 1975, he was defeated by William E. Mason, a Democrat who was a school district superintendent and who became the city's second black mayor.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> After serving as mayor, he served as board of education president from 1976 to 1978.
Williams was born in the state of Kentucky. He graduated from St. Louis University Law School in 1962, from Iowa State University in 1948 with a masters of science degree in animal husbandry, and from Wilberforce University in Ohio with an undergraduate degree. He had taught farming techniques for the Veterans Administration in Owensboro, Kentucky, and science class in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky. Williams had been a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, and he American Trial Layers Association.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was also drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref name="Lillian Williams obit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Williams died February 13, 1983, at Barnes Hospital in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], at age 61 after suffering from heart disease.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> His wife Lillian Harrison Croom Williams (1922-2019) had worked as a teacher and also graduated from Wilberforce University, the nation's first private historically black university.<ref name="Lillian Williams obit"/> Their son James E. "Jimmy" Williams Jr., a former U.S. Navy Pilot, has been the president and CEO of Estel Foods which operates McDonald's franchises in Illinois and Missouri for which he has received numerous awards.<ref></ref>
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*James Estel Williams,
*James Estel Williams Sr.,
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Illinois]]
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