“He was completely undaunted by racism,” says the architect’s granddaughter, Karen Hudson, who has authored two books on his career and life. Against all odds, Williams designed hundreds of important public buildings and palatial playgrounds for the elite, in the process becoming one of Southern California’s signature 20th-century architects. His residential clients included the likes of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lucille Ball, Jane Wyatt, Frank Sinatra, Tyrone Power and many others.
"If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated."
Can you imagine if he would have been a hairdresser?????
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