Author: John Alfred Williams
Alternate names: John A. Williams
Born: 5 Dec 1925
Died: 3 Jul 2015
Bio: Prolific Mississippi-born writer academic and journalist, who lived & worked primarily in the u.s. northeast. American writer, academic, and journalist. He is best known for his explorations of black identity in his 1967 best-selling novel The Man Who Cried I Am