Mr. Gary L. Williams, Esquire is a resident of Laurens, South Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina. In 1989, he was conferred a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina. He is the first person of colour to establish a private law practice in the City and County of Laurens since the founding of Laurens County in 1785. Mr. Williams has been in private practice for over thirty years.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, victory in the American Revolution empowered its founding fathers to consider a glorious ‘revolutionary idea’: a democracy of inclusiveness and diversity for all. Yet, America’s revolution never meant to include the enslaved, who lived in small, dark squares of...