Hub Quick Hits: Governor’s Award honoree walks NY runway

Orangeburg photographer walks runway in New York to raise awareness of SC Civil Rights Movement

From the Free Times

The Hub (and the rest of the SCAC) is a bigtime Cecil Williams fan. The lifetime achievement recipient of the Governor’s Award for the Arts has left an indelible legacy in our state. He could certainly rest on all his achievements.

But for those who know him, that’s just not Cecil. This from writer Mollie Naugle:

Orangeburg native and acclaimed Civil Rights Movement photographer Cecil J. Williams has a new title to add to his resumé — New York Fashion Week model.

On Sept. 12, Williams made his runway debut in black-owned Athleisure brand Actively Black’s “This is Not a Fashion Show” event. The show highlighted pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement, with the daughters of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X also walking the runway. 

Actively Black’s newest line of clothes includes shirts with a photo of Williams drinking out of a water fountain labeled “White Only.” 

Read the rest of Naugle’s coverage here. (Subscription possibly required outside the Midlands.)